Verse 1:

That chanting melody, your funeral song
Is all that’s left when life is gone
When we find out who we really are

A drug's idle promise, "tomorrow is near"
Only a forged filled lie, when we disappear
Cutting deep through that unforgiving scar

Chorus:

I’ve had a near life experience
A eulogy you would never hear
Has made my purpose seem so clear

I’ve had a near life experience
Seeing you through all of this pain
Sometimes dying makes one live again

Learning to live is my new romance
Since I’ve had a near life experience

Verse 2:

Fractured faith, atoning tormented tears
In this avidity we have both battled for years
Before I was awakened from your savage dream

Those goodbye words, my only saving grace
While the praying fray lies like a veil on your face
As angels ascend in need of a light to redeem

Chorus:

I’ve had a near life experience
A eulogy you would never hear
Has made my purpose seem so clear

I’ve had a near life experience
Seeing you through all of this pain
Sometimes dying makes one live again

Learning to live is my new romance
Since I’ve had a near life experience

Bridge:

A habit is forming, swarming each thought
Warning me that I am everything I am not
Needing your memory to help me find my way

You’re a metaphor to everything I was before
When I’d savor the pain that you once adored
It has given me the strength to live another day