Afraid to die

You live your life as if it'll never end
You walk around as if you own the world and everything in it
People look up to you for that
They treat you as if you're the greatest thing they've ever seen
And you act like you already know that's true
But behind the scenes
Under that pretense
Is someone who's scared
Someone who knows exactly how vulnerable humanity really is
Someone who sees that the end is near
Someone who knows they're gonna die soon
But you're not ready for that
You're not ready to die yet
When you're gone you want to be remembered
You want people to be proud to be able to say that they knew you
You want the fame and the fortune
You want to be able to leave something behind
You want to be missed when you're gone
You want there to be someone to mourn you
Yet whenever anyone gets close you push them away
Whenever anyone reaches out to you
You retreat into yourself
Whenever someone glances the real you
You put your walls back up as quickly as possible
You hide behind your pretense
Act as if you're fine
Pretend you're not afraid to die