Not the most uplifting but it creates a clear visual, from Aqualung by Jethro Tull:
"Do you still remember
December's foggy freeze
When the ice that clings on to your beard
Was screaming agony
And you snatch your rattling last breaths
With deep-sea diver sounds
And the flowers bloom
Like madness in the spring"
Some life lessons, from It Ain't Whatcha Eat But the Way How You Chew It, by Delbert McClinton:
"My Daddy told me once he said 'Listen, Son'
You gotta learn to be a man, you can't just be one.
Some people cheating, and other people lyin',
Laughing ain't a pleasure til you know 'bout crying."
Delbert has some great lyrics..."I ain't old, but I've been around a long time" is hitting home as I just turned 65.