Life's like a beating drum

Life's like a beating drum
Every beat is a day gone
By the end of the melody
You've lost the important ones

Inside the beat lays a hole
Hallow just like a drum
It resonates with passion
Still it leaves emptiness

We focus on ancillary sounds
The sound that takes control
And lose track of the high
To the resonating low

Our eyes are opened by a chance
No doubt one that's left behind
Understanding loss leads to life
Yet leads to misery

Take the cap off your glass
Look inside her glaring soul
With shards of shallowness
Glimmering all night long
Raise the sword
Toast the glass
Slam the whiskey
And move on

Sure I'll miss all my friends
And all the days passin' by
But I'll forget all the music playing
And live my life day by day