I cannot hope to live forever,
I cannot risk a bold endeavor,
I cannot smell the incense burn,
I cannot feel the winds that turn.

I cannot taste the morning dew,
I cannot question what I knew,
I cannot stop the wheel of time,
I cannot lose what isn’t mine.

I cannot bury what I feel,
I cannot fake what isn’t real,
I cannot kill what’s flesh and bone,
I cannot pass through solid stone.

I cannot talk to pagan gods,
I cannot play against the odds,
I cannot tear the worlds apart,
I cannot live without your heart.