Song of the Semelparous

I can tell a change is coming
Something I've been wanting all my life
Finally I feel something new
Crawl out of my sleeping bag
Climb into the light
Rest until my wings are dry
And I will learn to fly (3x)
I will mate and die

[verse 2]
Well I hope I have a thousand children
And I hope they will all grow up perfectly
I hope in times of [?] they will turn to me
And I'll look back on an ancestor
Who's face they'll never see
And they'll say at last, "I understand"
That you did it all for me
Yeah, you did it all for me
Live and die and try like me

[verse 3]
I'm gonna cast my seeds upon the water
Let thеm drift a thousand days
Bless you all my sons and daughters
Fair thee well
Whеre ever you land
Go and have your own someday
Have your own someday (3x)