I could tell you the wildest of tales
 My friend the giant and traveling sales
 Tell you all the times that I failed
 The years all behind me, the stories exhaled
 
 And I’m drying out, crying out,
 This isn’t how I go…
 
 I could tell you of a man not so tall
 Who said, “Life’s a circus, and so we are small.”
 Tell you of a girl that I saw
 I froze in the moment and she changed it all
 
 And I’m drying out, crying out,
 This isn’t how I go
 Hurry now, lay me down
 And let these waters flow, flow
 
 Son, I am not everything you thought that I would be
 But every story I have told is part of me
 
 You keep the air in my lungs 
 Floating along as a melody comes
 And my heart beats like tympani drums
 Keeping the time while the symphony strums
 
 And I'm drying out, crying out,
 This isn't how I go.
 Hurry now, lay me down
 And let these waters flow, flow
 Let it flow (let it flow)
 Let it flow (let it flow)
 
 Son, I am not everything you thought that I would be
 But every story I have told is part of me
 Son, I leave you now, but you have so much more to do
 And every story I have told is a part of you