Seems like once upon a time ago   I was where I was supposed to be   My vision was true and my heart was too   There was no end to what I could dream      I walked like a hero into the setting sun   Everyone called out my name   Death to me was just a mystery   I was too busy raising up Cain      But nothing lasts forever   Your best efforts don?t always pay   Sometimes you get sick and you don?t get better   That?s when life is short even in its longest days      So you pretend not to notice   That everything has changed   Way that you look and the friends you once had   So you keep on acting the same      Deep down in your soul   You know you, you got no flame   And who knows then which way to go   Life is short even in its longest days      All I got here is a rear view mirror   Reflections of where I?ve been   So you tell yourself I?ll be back up on top some day   But you know there?s nothing waiting up there for you anyway      Nothing lasts forever   And your best efforts don?t always pay   Sometimes you get sick and you don?t get better   That?s when life is short even in its longest days   Life is short even in its longest days