so much unrest and unanswered questions from Nick...

"Fruit Tree"

"Fame is just a fruit tree
So gravely ill
It can never bloom
While its trunk is planted in the ground
That's why great men
Cannot find a way
Until time has flown
Far from the day of their death

Forgotten while you're here
Remembered for a while
An update so ruined
Of such an antiquated class

Life is just a memory
Of a time so far away
A theater filled with sadness
For a long forgotten show
It seems so easy
To let go and move on
Until you stop and think
Why you never thought about it

Sheltered in the womb
Of a night without end
You find that from the dark can
Come the brightest light
Sheltered in your underground place
Then they will know you truly mattered

Forgotten while you're here
Remembered for a while
An update so ruined
Of such an antiquated class

Fame is just a fruit tree
So gravely ill
It can never bloom
While its trunk is planted in the ground
That's why great men
Cannot find a way
Until time has flown
Far from the day of their death

Fruit tree, fruit tree
No one knows you, only the rain and the air
Don't worry
They will stop to admire you when you're gone

Fruit tree, fruit tree
Open your eyes to a new year
They will all know
That you were here when you’re gone"

Fruit Tree, Nick Drake