Universe of Need (kaddish)

I froze as the words were read in remembrance of the dead
He knew how to rub two words together inside his head
So I came to warm my hands over his borrowed flame
I think he knows his was the last soul to glow over the coals

I'm frightened of death, the rasping eternity of a last breath
I'm skin and bone, frantic to scratch my name on a stone
no love, no seed, no god, no creed- only a universe of need

I climb the rubbage heap of steel, glass, and concrete
I can hardly guard my heart, who's got time to watch her feet
Run between the trains and cars, live between the bottles and bars
I can hardly see the bottom line, who's got time to miss the stars

I'm frightened of death, the rasping eternity of a last breath
I'm skin and bone, frantic to scratch my name on a stone
no love, no seed, no god, no creed- only a universe of need