...and counting...

11/15/2003

 
t.v. show
from 9/14/2003

i hope my life
i hope my death
i hope myself
that i will amount to more than good television

i want to be
more than an hour on A&E
my life's summation
in the words of an interviewee

i want to be
more than a black shirt memory
the kind of tragedy
where people feel more for me
once i'm dead and buried

i don't want no acclaim
and it won't hurt my feelings
when you've forgotten my name
i can't say if you hate me
that i'll give you any blame

you don't have to like me
or even send your love
just don't make more of me
once i'm below or above

if you've got something to say
i suggest you say it now
just in case
i don't make it back around

we're all too quiet
when it comes to what we think
when eternity expands
it seems our significance does shrink

me and death go way back
from grandfathers i never met
to the man in black

it seems as though
i've been dying all my life
i hope it all adds up to more than strife

i hope my life
i hope my death
i hope myself
that i'll amount to more than good television.