Endless River

I can see the sun rising in the sky
For all my life
I've been travelling for so long
Along an endless river
Leading to a distant star
The road I'm treading
Just goes on
And the place where I belong
Never seems to get any closer
Perhaps today, that will all change

Sun rises higher
and I keep on walking
I see the birds
Flocking over the open blue
My aching legs
How I wish I could fly
How I wish I had wings
How I wish I couldn't see where I am

Though I know where I'm going
It feels like I'm lost
There's no one around
I'm all alone
The sun is shining brightly
My endless day continues
And there's no one to talk to
No one in sight

The sun starts to sink
All I can think about is what I don't have
For some of those things, it's far too late
For others, it's yet or never
Just because I'm who I am
Because I'm not someone else
Because I'm not in tune with this world
All I hear is an empty silence
I feel so tired
I'll collapse at any moment

The sky has turned orange
My heart has grown so heavy
So hard a burden to carry
My feet have grown numb from all this walking
I'm left alone to my thoughts
So many voices shouting to me at once
They start to drive me mad
Yet, I hear not a single sound around me
Not a single leaf moves
And I can't feel any wind at all
All I can hear is the echo of my breath

I stop and I look up at the sky
The sun is setting ever so slowly
The day is starting to die
The leftover heat adds to my exhaustion
It feels so familiar
An endless cycle I've been sucked into since the beginning of time
Every life, the same story
Nothing ever changes
And I always wonder,
Am I the only human left in this world?

Night has fallen
The darkness surrounds me and overtakes my soul
My strength gives out
I collapse to the ground
I feel so weak
The darkness hides me from reality
Sometimes, I'm under the fantasy that it keeps me safe from the world
But all it really does is make me weaker
I watch the waters of the endless river swaying back and forth
The moon shining brilliantly along its reflective surface
Then I sigh and I close my eyes
And that's when I realize...
That nothing has changed at all.