Last Man Standing

I tried
I tried so very hard
to stop the world spinning
but the earth just kept turning
and I grew old
 
Finding only anemic dreams
and nothing worth to save
just more promises in the dark
stealing our inner spark
 
Yet here I stand
my vigil in the night
at the gravestone of love
singing hymns composed of sin
 
Black roses
adorning the tombstones
of the dead and dying hopes
humanity once believed
 
I fought against greed
I fought for love
and lost
the last man standing
when the world ends with my dying