If you didn't want to leave, then all you had to do was stay.
I am forging explanations. Wouldn't matter either way
Not to say that I am busted - not that I could prove I'm well
Not the strength in which we trusted
Nor the height from which I fell

But it turns out that falling's easy
And the landing? Well, it's free
I believe god wouldn't turn his back on anyone (but me)
And since there's no love as random, since fortune favors bold
All of the above in tandem; I refute what I once sold

And I

Because I am
I was
So much more than empty husks
I could have made you care
So there

But no one's ever going to listen, no one's ever going to care
Crystal-fresh salt water glistens in the crisp November air
And like the weatherman: I'm daring
To believe in something good
Wouldn't stop myself from caring, even if I thought I could

But can we ever make a difference in this godsforsaken heap?
In the night we shrieked like infants; insignificance to keep
Something strange must have come after, as I turned my gaze above
And the rain fell down like laughter, I felt something close to
Love

Because I am
I was
So much more than empty husks
I could have made you care
So let's be wrong
We're not the first
Look upon my works, ye mighty: and despair
Because I am, I am, Ozymandias
I am. I am.

Every sentence that I muster, every paragraph I carve
Through the balderdash and bluster, there's a boy about to starve
I am famished for that presence, where roads may intersect
And in a flash of evanescence, hearts improbably connect

But I still can't shake this tension, as though something good was lost
History neglects intention. Time will forget what it cost
But as for me, I'm not affected if our memories are heard
Let the wiser minds neglect it; I remember every word.
Every word.

Because I am
I was
So much more than empty husks
I could have made you care
So let's be wrong
We're not the first
Look upon my works, ye mighty: and despair
Because I am, I am, Ozymandias
(If you didn't want to leave, all you had to do was stay.)
I am. I am.
(I am forging explanations. Wouldn't matter either way.)
I am, I am Ozymandias
(Every sentence that I muster, every paragraph I carve.)
I am, I am
(It's all balderdash and bluster; and I starve)

Gone.