death by numbers

as our rotting bodies

pay back the earth its love

in a vile fleshy matter

we'll crumble into dust

i'll be picked up by the wind

and blown into strangers eyes

defuse into their bodies

and their tears when they cry

'til i have 5000 people carry me

'til i have 5000 people carry me

oscar and lucy

will buy themselves a coffin

oh a single box of wood

that

together

they will rot in

and their bodies will decay

and combine with one another

oh a single act of love

far greater than any other

and in death they'll leave just a part of them

oh in death they'll leave one part of them

oh when i'm minerals in the soil

i'll diffuse into a tree

it'll have 5000 brances

which will have 5000 leaves

and i'll be in every one

oh and when a leaf blows free

i will land upon the earth

and grow another tree

'til i have 5000 trees made of me

'til there are 5000 trees made of me

when darkness surrounds me

oh when darkness surrounds me

oh when darkness is all i can see

when darkness surrounds me

oh when darkness surrounds me

oh when darkness is all i can see

when darkness surrounds me

oh when darkness surrounds me

oh when darkness is all i can see

when darkness surrounds me

oh when darkness surrounds me

oh when darkness is all i can see

i will have 5000 bodies

i will have 5000 trees

which will have 5000 branches

which will have 5000 leaves

and i will have 5000 lovers

and i'll have 5000 bees

made of me