I can feel the blood pumping inside my head 
My own life, killing me 

I harbour another life inside 
A secret life, placed there by my friend 
It grows inside, steals my energy 
It grows inside me 

I am a vessel 
Sailing the sea of time 
I am a vessel 
Empty, and making a useless noise 
I am a vessel 
Of my family 
I am a vessel 
I am everything except me 

I am a million cells 
A million prisons that enclose my life 
Trapped like a silent monk 
Worshipping something I will never see 

I am nothing but the universe 
I am all life 
And nothing 
Nothing at all 

I am 
Therefore I am 
Therefore I was 
Before I will be 
But what will I be? 
What will I be in the days and years to come? 
What will I be? 
And will I ever be free 
Of the destiny that calls to me? 
The destiny of long slow death 
My body falling to pieces 
And my thoughts dying with every breath I take 
With every breath I take 
With every breath I take 
I come closer 
I come closer to something I cannot see