The surgeon was at the table with his hands on a rusty saw   The better angels of our nature were standing there in awe   The sculptor danced with his statue and caressing the flaws in the bronze   The patient reached out her hand and said   "This incision seems rather long"      Well, then the mood of the moment grew heavy   As the pendulum pushed against gears   Serenity can track you down in a second   And cheat you out of your best years      I don't know why you wanted to check out, oh, so swiftly   When the road just comes so quickly to the end   Your friends were holding a vigil that you'd come back to them in one piece   But the better angels of our nature could do nothing to lessen their grief      I am the thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glint on snow   When you awaken in the morning hush, I am the swift uplifting rush   Quiet birds in circled flight, I am the dark star that shines at night   I am the fly that climbs on walls, I am the rattle in the halls   I know you had no intention of leaving me so swiftly   But the road just came so quickly to the end