Dust And Ashes Lyrics - Josh Groban

Is this how I die? 

Ridiculed and laughed at 

Wearing clown shoes 

Is this how I die? 

Furious and reckless 

Sick with booze 

How did I live? 

I taste every wasted minute 

Every time I turned away 

From the things that might have healed me 

How long have I been sleeping? 

Is this how I die? 

Frightened like a child 

Lazy and numb 

Is this how I die? 

Pretending and preposterous 

And dumb 

How did I live? 

Was I kind enough and good enough? 

Did I love enough? 

Did I ever look up and see the moon and the stars and the sky? 

Oh, why have I been sleeping? 

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They say we are asleep until we fall in love 

We are children of dust and ashes 

But when we fall in love we wake up 

And we are a god and angels weep 

But if I die here tonight, 

I die in my sleep. 

All of my life I spent searching the words of poets and saints and prophets and kings 

Now at the end all I know that I've learned is that all that I know is I don't know a thing 

So easy to close off 

Place the blame outside 

Hiding in my room at night 

So terrified 

All the things I could've been 

But I never had the nerve 

Life and love, I don't deserve 

So alright! 

Alright! 

I've had my time 

Close my eyes 

Let the death bells chime! 

Bury me in burgundy 

I just don't care! 

Nothing's left 

I looked everywhere! 

Is this how I die? 

Was there ever any other way my life could be? 

Is this how I die? 

Such a slough of feelings inside of me 

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But then why am I screaming? 

Why am I shaking? 

Oh god, was there something that I missed? 

Did I squander my divinity? 

Was happiness within me the whole time? 

They say we are asleep until we fall in love 

We are children of dust and ashes 

But when we fall in love we wake up 

And we are a god and angles weep 

But if I die here tonight, 

I die in my sleep. 

They say we are asleep until we fall in love 

And I'm so ready 

To wake up now 

I wanna wake up 

Don't let me die while I'm like this 

I wanna wake up 

God, don't let me die while I'm like this 

Please let me wake up now 

God, don't let me die while I'm like this 

I'm ready 

I'm ready 

To wake up