I caught a fever in those last years And I knew the reckoning had come And I gathered all those round I held dear And I gathered all those round I loved I caught a fever in those last years And I knew the turning time had come And I called upon my deepest-down fears And I brought them out into the sun I caught a fever in those last years And I knew the crossing time had come And I found the ferryman on the same blue mirror And I said, "Remember? I was young" I caught a fever in that last good year And I knew the reckoning had come And I gathered all those round I held dear And I gathered all those round I loved And I said, "I know nothing" And I said, "I learned nothing" And I said, "I found nothing" And I said, "My body is so full, so full of you"