Relic of the Past Lyrics

You know I don't want to die

I want to last for quite awhile

Preservation is the style

Don't want to make nobody cry

So, I dress myself in white

And fill my veins, formaldehyde

Self-embalmed to forever last

Life's a relic of the past

Drain my blood from deep within

In an attempt at permanence

Now I no longer can bleed

And in that way I have been freed

The undertaker's word I heed

So, in this coffin now I rest

Surely this art has been my best

And now I wait for you my guest

Self-embalmed to forever last

Life's a relic of the past

Drain my blood from deep within

In an attempt at permanence

I've sewed my eyes shut and my lips are sealed with glue

Just trying to make myself last forever for you

So pale and cold I sit here with nothing I can do