Dane Zajc – You will pay for everything

You will pay for everything.
You will pay the most for your birth.
A flock of mockingbirds will be chasing you
through life.
At the hour of peace
and at the hour of unrest
she will go down on your chest.
She will demand payment.
And you will give and give.
But there will never be redemption.
Because there is no forgiveness anywhere.
There is no salvation for man anywhere.
You have no value in yourself,
with which to pay.
And you yourself are the payment for everything.