Untitled (One Nation)

[Verse: Vito Acconci]
But people who are still alive when you die might hurt because you are gone—and that is OK
People love other people and usually it hurts when people we love die
We even comfort ourselves with those stories that the dead person is not really dead—and that is OK too
But of course everyone dies—and you will too

When you say, "I want this," or "I feel this," you are talking about yourself
You might think that yourself is different from the rest of the world, or you might think that you are just a little part of the world
But when you die, yourself dies, and so does your view of the world
So you won't have a world or a self or any thoughts about either—it just won't exist
When you die you won't feel sad any more, you won’t worry anymore
You won’t care about anything, or want anything
You won't be able to enjoy being dead though because you won't be anything—only dead

That is why you should love life

There are lots of things in life that seem bad
But, since life only happens once and there is only one you, love life while you can—no matter what happens

If you feel sad, at least you can feel sad
If you are worried, at least you can be worried—you exist, you are alive
If you love life this way, when it comes time to die, you will be happy because death is the perfect end to life
Life is only good because death ends it
So, live and love life, because you don't even know how, when or why, but since you're alive—you're going to die