In recent times we have had to confront not just our own mortality, but the destruction of entire species, possibly including our own. Denial is the most common response, but our encounter with death can also help us to focus on what is essential.
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Story behind the song
I've reached middle age, which is a good time for confronting one's limits. And this world is a good deal closer to destruction than I am personally. Breaking through denial is a constant struggle. Sometimes it helps to force oneself to look into the abyss.
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Verse
Maybe you live at the top of the world
Rakin' in money, high as a bird
But someday you'll have to come down again
And share the cold earth with mere women and men
Build
Just when you think that you're safe in your home
Counting the things that you own
Chorus
DEATH POURS IN
DEATH POURS IN
Like honey into a jar
Before you get too far
DEATH POURS IN
Verse
We're only here for a moment or two
And we'll fly away when our moment is through
But holding on to material things
Can drag you back down just as you find your wings
Build
Can't take it with you, so why not give back
Some of the things you have packed...before...
Chorus
DEATH POURS IN
DEATH POURS IN
Like water into a boat
We've hardly been afloat
When DEATH POURS IN
Bridge
The time will come when there is no tomorrow
Not a day that you can beg or borrow
And when it hits you there'll be just one question:
Who are you as you look back from that final day?
Instrumental Break
Verse
How many years do we think we can last
Before we're all buried deep in the past?
Caught on a rock that is hurling through space
We're burning a path to the end of our race
Build
We are the ashes and dust of the stars
And we hardly know who we are...before
Chorus
DEATH POURS IN
DEATH POURS IN
We're spinning out of control
So hold on to your soul
When DEATH POURS IN
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