Title: Demise

Demise

(DADGAD)

Come February you’ll be overseas
I doubt our paths will cross again
I don’t believe in fate or reason
Can’t accept what happens, happens

Our fickle hearts cannot
Become overly attached
I won’t be buried underground
Don’t lay me down
Don’t lay me down

There’s a winding river flowing outside your house
Its water’s black as soot
We don’t know where it leads
You clutch your rosary beads
And pray that it will not be
A path to the realm of Hades

Your soul may have left this earth
But your body still remains
The ashes lie untarnished, treasured
Until you’ll be joined someday

The grandfather clock stopped chiming
In August of last year
The ashes lie untarnished, treasured
Still not scattered, still unclear

Our fickle hearts cannot
Become overly attached
I won’t be buried underground
Don’t lay me down
Don’t lay me down
I would rather go up in smoke