Big Men - Chapter 3 - Gurlej Akhtar & R. Nait

Y'know the fact that you got sick And the fact that you had to face that I would argue Even though it must've been horrifying, just going through that I would say that that's probably The greatest gift you ever gave yourself Because so many people are so afraid to die That they live, their-, they barely live their life 'Cause they're, they're uh they're- If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live In truth, every moment is a dying Every moment is the end of your life As who you were And the beginning of your new life as who you now choose to be So the secret of life is to die Die a lot, don't let death be a once in a lifetime thing, you know what I mean? Don't wait 'till the end of your life Die right now and in each moment you see you realize you're born again You recreate yourself anew and the next version Of the greatest vision you have ever held about who you are That's the whole purpose of life

Well I wake up in the morning, try to set my hook I used to be a settled boy, never stumbled or shook But now, I've got no hand to hold, no friend to call my own Well I ain't the one to ask much of big men in the sky, but it's all I've got So maybe I'll pick up and go, with no thinkin' through Just sleep out every night and try to forget you I'd look out on some ocean, wash my head in blue Well I ain't the one to ask much of big men in the sky, but it's all I've got Been a-rockin' and a-rollin', reelin' in my time I set myself up fancy-like, and set a brand new line Well, I oughta know by now, it comes and goes it's true Well I ain't the one to ask much of big men in the sky, but it's all I've got Mmm-mmm Mmm-mmm Mmm-mmm Mmm-mmm Well, thinkin' ain't no pastime and thinkin' ain't no friend If all you do is sit around and think about the end Maybe I will get to prayin' someday before I'm through Well I ain't the one to ask much of big men in the sky, but it's all I've got