Longest Days

Feeling like the narrator of this song today...

By John Mellencamp

It seems like once upon a time ago
I was where I was supposed to be
My vision was true and my heart was too
There was no end to what I could dream

I walked like a hero into the setting sun
everyone called out my name
death to me was a mystery
I was too busy raising Cain

But nothing lasts forever
your best efforts don't always pay
Sometimes you get sick and you don't get better
that's when life is short
even in its longest days.

So you pretend not to notice
that everything has changed
the way you look
and the friends you once had
so you keep on acting the same
but deep down in your soul
you know you ain't got no flame
and who knows then which way to go
Life is short even in its longest days.

All I got here is a rear view mirror
reflections of where I've been
so you tell yourself you'll be back on top some day
but you know there's nothing
waiting for you up there anyway.

Nothing lasts forever
your best efforts don't always pay
Sometimes you get sick and you don't get better
that's when life is short
even in its longest days.

Even in its longest days.