HERESIES

HARRY'S SONG

For Harry Dean Stanton

I only eat
so I can smoke
and stay alive

free my spirit when I go
I hope there's nowhere
for it to go

you gotta die before you die

I said:
die before you die
and learn to love
the great nothing

a separate person
a separate soul
a violent situation

the void scares me
just like any man

but boy,
you gotta die before you die

I said:
die before you die
and learn to love
the great nothing

give up
surrender
let the void
swallow you whole

there are no answers
it all means nothing

you gotta die before you die

I said:
die before you die
and learn to love
the great nothing

stop asking questions
keep your mouth shut

and die before you die

I said:
die before you die
and learn to love
the great nothing.