Lyrics On Death & Endearments - Parenthetical Girls

On Death & Endearments

Gentlemen, please rise
In light of why we’re gathered here tonight
This is it, though I’m shit with goodbyes
Suffice to say, well, I haven’t much time
So how I chose and choose
To make use of this life allotted me
Well you few know and knew
And each to played to me burgeoning accessory
So I should think it wise
In debt to your unseemly sacrifice
To see that when I die
None of my sorted seeds come to life
For me I see no need
To catalogue what deeds I may have done
If we all agree to keep
These terms of my demise unclarified
History, she will surely forgive me
And history, she will think of me fondly
Time was mine
I’ve half a mind to just apologize
In days less dignified
Before I knew what to and not to do
Unsure, of course
There’s shame in certain things I may have done
But shame is not remorse
And pandering’s the one thing I cannot afford
Measure me in grief
Survived in score by prideful progeny
And I, though sometimes weak
Still shudder to speak these secrets we keep
For their sake let me stay
Ostensibly the saint I seem to be
For now my nose is clean
So bury these peculiarities with me
History, she will surely forgive me
And history, she won’t soon forget me
So no cheerful goodbyes
In light of why we’re gathered here tonight
To you I confide
Suffice to say, well, I haven’t much time