I Ask Myself

Neil, what do you want with your life?

I ask myself time after time after time.
I want to be a writer of great literature.
I want to be an actor, to be in a Broadway play.

Neil, who controls your life?

I ask myself time after time after time.
My father says that I am to go to Yale.
My father says that I am to be a doctor.

Neil, why don't you say something?

I ask myself time after time after time.
I try, but he doesn't listen to me.
I try, but he doesn't understand me.

Neil, why don't you end your suffering?

I ask myself time after time after time.
What would they think, of my decision?
What would they do, when I am gone?

No more!

I will not ask myself time after time after time.
I will, I will end it, I will end it all.
If I can't live my life, I will not live at all.

Click… Bang! The revolver sings.

Neil, it is over. The pain is gone.
Your ship has sailed.
I am no longer your captain, you are your own
Oh captain... My captain