A Life Is Short lyrics

A life is short

I dare not waste it

In idle chatter

No purpose there

Nothing won, nor gained

I will have but emptiness

That's what remains

Solitude's reward

Words of folly

Those of hate

Such feelings about

I have no time

For the sands pour forth

Incessantly shimmering

And I must trudge on

To create some work

That lives on

For benvolent giving

No name, no fame

Just enduring

There is no time

For bitterness

Lest a day come

Mumbling of regret

Victimized by life

And a mediocrity

A prisoner self-made

In a prison found

Always bantoring

Always crowing

And still no place to go