Beyond the Shores (On Death and Dying)

Woke up to this
 Blissful morning
 Blazing sunlight
 Laid down the veil
 Blissful yearning
 Strains will be gone, far behind
 Wandering through these
 Cheerful moments
 The truce I've come to realize
 The grasp of your hand
 Let me relish
 In failure I'll find
 Why?
 Why me?
 This cannot be true
 Aren't we immortal?
 Why?
 Why me?
 From this fear I run away
 From this fear I shy away
 Why?
 Why me?
 Awareness of finitude
 Truth is a dish best served cold
 Why?
 Why?
 Is there a God punishing me?
 Is there a heaven for the doomed?
 When denial is a broken weapon
 Here I stand contemplating my own death
 Through isolation I strive
 In order to pursue life
 Tribulation has never left this hall
 Neither life nor death can make me whole
 Hope got past the defence line
 A barricade against myself
 I'm at war, no matter where I'll go
 Swallowing poison as a sour antidote
 I must stop striving for illusory ends
 The day will surely come, here I am
 Life is at war
 Life is at war with us
 Life is at war
 On life's battlefield
 Look for no allies but yourself
 Life is at war
 Life is at war with us
 Sailing on waves of turmoil
 Wavering into the downpour
 As rain plays the music of sadness
 A sinking wreck is what I am
 Consume the dreams
 Above my fearful thoughts
 Pristine and weak
 Devouring all hopes
 Until pain will guide me home
 Until pain will guide me home
 On the brink of eternity, my desperate hope
 I will never regain what once has gone
 Under the bright stars of a winter evening
 All this pain surely has some meaning
 Come down, grief
 Ride the waves
 As the cold wind blows
 A matter of time
 Till I drown in the glow
 On the brink of eternity, my desperate hope
 I will never regain what once has gone
 Under the bright stars of a winter evening
 All this pain surely has some meaning
 Where's God? Oh, I beg you
 I'm clinging to the threads of fate
 I know I'm sinking
 Will you give me some more time?
 Will you give me some more time?
 Consume the dreams
 Above my fearful thoughts
 Pristine and weak
 Devouring all hopes
 Until pain will guide me home
 Until pain will guide me home
 No more anger, no more rage
 Bound to face the final loss
 Can't no longer bear the pain
 Words are hollow and futile
 Sit with me
 Hear this silence so loud
 As my own hands grow cold
 Grief eternal
 Dolefulness
 For every failure I can't amend
 Life denied me
 I'm her hostage
 Silently waiting for this to end
 Sit with me
 Hear this silence so loud
 As my own hands grow cold
 So cold
 Death is my servant
 She's at my door
 Crossed the unknown seas
 To bring me home
 It ain't forever
 It ain't forever
 In a heartbeat
 We lose everything
 Every hour passed awaiting
 Keep on seeing my world through tears
 Hope's lurking out
 Death's lurking out
 Life is at war
 Life is at war with us
 Life is at war
 I'm ready for my departure
 Yes, bid me farewell
 Mourned the loss of beauty
 Ready for my journey to end
 I'm going beyond the shores
 To doze off
 Day has dawned
 Dark becomes light
 I am ready to move on
 Here I stand
 A bare framework
 I've come to terms with my own fate
 In my quiet expectation
 Child's sleep in reverse
 Tired, weak, placid
 Void of feelings, my journey is done
 Sit with me
 Hear the silence so loud
 As my scrawny hands grow cold
 So cold
 Within the vast sky
 We are fallen stars
 We flare up briefly
 Then die out
 Come down, grief
 Ride the waves
 As the cold wind blows
 A matter of time
 Till I drown in the glow