Song Description
We're born with nothing. We die with nothing. Why claim anything as our own?
| Song Length |
3:04 |
Genre |
Country - Traditional |
Lyrics
Nothing Was Ever Mine
Copyright ©2009 David Baumgarten
[Verse 1] I'm a thief in the velvet hide, prowling around, where secrets reside. A feline lurking, a silent creep, Seizing the yet unseen to reap.
[Verse 2] sentences I pilfer, thoughts once aired, Claiming them
as mine,
so boldly declared.
These notions first formed, now re-prepared, By my very own breath, through my lips re-shared.
[Chorus] Who have I conned if not myself
alone? Sharing thoughts in a borrowed tone. Have I merely grasped at fragments not once my own, Finding solace where, on others, a light has shone?
[Verse 3] Nothing original under the sun, From ancient soil, are we not all spun? A mimic, a clone, Oh, what have I done? Nothing
Original.
[Bridge] My constant, this guilt, for the theft so complete, Stealing voices with classic deceit. Crouched in quiet corners from where I spring, You'll never even feel the sting.
[Outro] To the cosmos, these pinched reverberations return, Nothing was mine to either claim nor spurn. Freed to the universe, from whence they were bestowed, In this silence so vast,
Like you
I reap what I sowed.
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