"The Best Song In The World" lyrics

I'm gonna write the best song in the world
Gonna find a way to say the things
That I've always felt
Like the tears that I've been holding in
Gonna finally let them out

It starts out as a song you think you know
About love
Then you caught up in the nuance of
What's below and above

No, I don't wanna spell it out
But if I show you that's allowed

Every man who's worth his salt's
Been told that life is all about
The legacy you leave behind
Long after you're gone
From my lips to god's own ears
Oh, if I should disappear
If nothing else worked
At least you'll have this song
I'm gonna write the best song in the world

They say that all great art is about mortality
But more than anything else
It's always the sex that sells
Sometimes you might have to try
To swing below the belt

I can't believe it took til now
To look around and write about
The things we always saw
But never urgently enough
The thought hung thick inside the room
It started out as a dumb little tune
And I can't say when the moment was
Ended up becoming you

It's ok for the setting to change without question
Use any old memory, drop any old reference
You may even spark some new introspection
For the old man in the world's last smoking section
I'm gonna write the best song in the world

How I wish we had more time
Or been born in an age
Where the stars were all aligned
But science still ain't fast enough
To keep us all alive
No not quite
So if I don't see you again
Raise a glass for me, my friend
And find the song I've always been
Trying to write