As time ticks down you know I'll be the last man standing
Too stubborn or too dumb to see I've already lost
As fallen leaves sweep round my feet I know I've been abandoned
And now I'm rooted to the spot

Every day I ask for less and less so I won't be disappointed
By the little I can get and the still less that I even wanted
Shrink myself down, strip the flesh from my bones so I'll never shiver
As I lay resting in the hole that I call home by the edge of the river

As time ticks down you know I'll be the last man standing
Too stubborn or too dumb to see I've already lost
As fallen leaves sweep round my feet I know I've been abandoned
And now I'm rooted to the spot

Round and round like vertigo until the music stops - then I'm left standing
Never cared to win or to try hard enough – silent, undemanding
Well I've got my reasons and maybe I can claim it's cos I'm so enlightened
A grim, skinny Buddha who refuses to engage because he's so frightened