When I'm Gone (lyric by Michelle Caminos)

Spent half my life worrying
Running from one problem to the next
The solution seemed so far away
And I couldn't get any rest
Guess it was my way of working out
The demons living in my head
But it's a waste to go through life
Never feeling better than half dead

I thought when I'm gone, it won't matter
When I'm gone, what will have changed?
When I'm gone, no one will be shattered
When I'm gone, there'll be no more pain
When I'm gone, there'll be no blip on the radar
When I'm gone, there'll be no shooting star

Some think the solution is in a bottle
Some think it's in a pill
Tried that kind of thinking
And in the end it got me nil
There has to be a better way
I shouted to no one
But when I looked for an answer
Defeated, I found none

I thought when I'm gone, it won't matter
When I'm gone, what will have changed?
When I'm gone, no one will be shattered
When I'm gone, there'll be no more pain
When I'm gone, there'll be no blip on the radar
When I'm gone, there'll be no shooting star

Somehow the miracle finally happened
I pressed on and made it through
Someone wise told me, don't listen to the crazy-makers
But to the voice that's inside you
So I got mad, did something, picked myself up
And decided right there and then
As long as I'm alive and breathing
I'm never going back to the dark place I've been

I think when I'm gone, what can I leave behind?
When I'm gone, who will I have touched?
When I'm gone, they'll remember I was kind
When I'm gone, I'll have loved so much
When I'm gone, joy will envelop me
When I'm gone, I'll be swimming in a warm sea