Death
DEATH IS FOREVER,
FOR THE RICH AND THE BEGGAR.
DEATH IS THE LONG SLEEP,
WHILE THE LIVING WEEP.
YOU WILL BE STRIPPED OF ALL YOUR EARTHLY GOODS,
YOUR ETERNAL BED MADE OF WOOD.
TO SHELTER YOUR CORPSE FROM THE CREATURES OF THE GROUND,
BUT THEY WILL CIRCLE YOUR COFFIN ROUND AND ROUND.
THEY WILL GET YOU IN THE END,
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DEFEND.
UNLESS YOUR DEEDS IN LIFE WERE GOOD,
TO THE POOR AND HOMELESS YOU GAVE SHELTER AND FOOD.
THESE DEEDS WILL PROTECT YOU FROM HARM,
KEEP YOU AWAY FROM THE DEVIL'S FARM.
INTO HEAVEN YOU WILL GO,
NOT TO WANDER AIMLESSLY TO AND FRO.
YOU WOULD SWING FROM THE CHAINS ON HELL,
YOU WILL HEAR NO MUSIC, NO CHARITY BELL.
THE STENCH FROM YOUR BURNING CORPSE WILL TO GREAT TO BARE,
MAGGOTS AND THINGS CRAWLING IN YOUR HAIR.
YOU WILL CRY TO LIVE ONCE AGAIN,
YOU WILL BE GOOD WOMEN AND MEN.
BUT IT WILL BE TOO LATE,
YOU LIVE ONLY ONCE, GOD STATES.
YOU LIVED A LIFE LIES AND DECEIT,
LIVE AGAIN ALL THAT YOU WILL REPEAT.
FOR YOU IS WAITING THE FIRES OF HELL,
YOU WILL BURN, AND BURN WELL.
LIVED A LIFE OF PIOSNESS,
GARDENS OF HEAVEN YOU WILL CARESS.
PRAISING THE NAME OF YOUR LORD YOU WILL,
UNTIL EVERY MOVEMENT IS BROUGHT STILL.
DEATH YOU CANNOT BEAT,
HELL YOU CAN BEAT.
HEAVEN IS THE ONLY GOAL,
CHARITY AND GOODNESS THE ONLY ROLL.
DEATH; THE ENDLESS SLEEP,
THE LIVING THEY WILL WEEP
THEN STEAL FROM YOU WHAT WAS YOURS,
OF THAT YOU CAN BE SURE.
YOUR BODY WILL BEGIN TO ROT,
GOOD DEEDS WILL NOT BE FORGOT.
BAD DEEDS WILL CURSE YOU FOREVER,
LIVE AGAIN, NEVER.
