Nature's Call

There's a pole in my mouth and it comes out the back

Feel free to stop by and watch how I spin

Over and 'round, the skin is starting to crack

It's not where you are but where you might have been

Give me the spit and give me the coals

Don't fight the feeling that's down in your soul

A life can be short and still seem pretty long

If it seems so wrong then it seems so wrong

I never saw this in my peaceful dreams

I was busy answering nature's call

I never thought life could be less than it seems

Well, I never pictured this at all

We are all born, yeah, we're all born for sure

Live a curious life, how it buckles and bends

You can lie in the mud or race for a cure

Still, you don't have much say how it ends

No, we don't have much say how it ends

Never took much stock in ignorant bliss

Always busy answering nature's call

Never thought it would end up like this

Or did I never have a thought at all?

This meat was devised for just such an occasion

So my sad demise would sizzle and crack

Like the Lord of the Flies, my body sustains you

But don't you think that maybe it's more than that?

Let my hollow eyes carry you back

I don't think I pictured going out this way

I was busy answering nature's call

When I pointed the truck, I can honestly say

I never pictured this at all