Exchange

Let's change places
I'll give my body to you
and take your personality
embrace you with my flesh and bones
and offer a safe haven

You'll get my body to replace yours
the one that's breaking, though mine isn't alright either
I've taken care of it poorly
and done harm to it in ways you don't want to know
even though the bone-deep scars will be your flaw in the future

I'll sacrifice myself, give you a longer life
I'd disappear anyway once you move on to the great mystery
I'll get rid of the sadness, that's no sacrifice
and I won't be sad when this life ends
so little it gave me
Come, let me embrace and hold you with my soul
till I die from your brightness
And you get this
the one the priests call my tabernacle