I Started A Joke

Blessed are the merciful, 

 for they will be shown mercy

~ Matthew 5

I started a joke,

which started the whole world crying,
but I didn't see that the joke was on me

I started to cry, 

which started the whole world laughing,
oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me.

I looked at the skies, 

running my hands over my eyes,
and I fell out of bed, 

hurting my head 

from things that I'd said.

Till I finally died, 

which started the whole world living,
oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me.