In the distance, they are circling 
I watch them go around and around, never tiring 
The one near death is hypnotized and closes its eyes 
One last time 
Patiently they wait for that perfect moment to descend 
And pick to pieces a once healthy 
Body of passion and life 

It's me or it's you and I get to decide 
Which one lives and which one dies 
Where and when? 
How and why? 
HERE and NOW 
A vital organ plucked out 
Because I need to survive 
Self-sacrifice is suicide 

Circling with occasional cries 
Of delight? 
Of anticipation or remorse for nature's ceaseless 
patterns? 
Binding every being to the same sick fate 
What unfortunate creature must suffer 
Watching a thousand deaths spiral slowly towards it 

It's me or it's you and I get to decide 
Which one lives and which one dies 
Where and when? 
How and why? 
HERE and NOW 
A vital organ plucked out 
Because I need to survive 
Self-sacrifice is suicide 

What unfortunate creature must suffer 
Watching a thousand deaths spiral towards it 
With the will but not the strength to move on 
From this place 
Just close your eyes, just breathe your last sigh 
Just let go of this life 
Just close your eyes, just breathe your last sigh 
Just let go, it's come now, your time 

How do you want us to die? 
With regrets rotting away all of my success? 
With longing eating away at my fulfillment? 
Must every self-interested act inflict 
Devastation on another? 
Would you rather rot or be picked to pieces (still) 
alive? 
How do you want us to die?