Lifespan

Crescent Shield

For some it lasts for seconds 
For some a thousand years 
Time's a given, and time we take 
There lies a line of all our fears 

For some it's just a minute 
For others the same's a hundred days 
Some old survive, or young will die 
And all who live can not decide... 

How many days are given 
As a predetermined guarantee 
We think we'll live forever 
By the reward of our better deeds 

Man writes of his denial 
And many praise of what could be 
The animals are given 
The answer of true fate that we choose not so see 

End to an end is our own lifespan 
Our only one since time began 
Imprint of our mold thus soon destroyed 
Then is the fall of the hourglass sand 

Hold true to your thoughts and your memories burned 
In your mind remain till the call of your last day 
Truth is the song, the finite dance 
End to an end is our own lifespan 

I don't believe in heaven 
Or hell or afterlife 
From book to truth, is dust to dust 
And I will not reincarnate 

I'm terrified of dying 
I now know why the prey do run 
For once it takes for all to end 

The first time in my life I see... 

How few the days are given 
And knowing of just how they'll be 
Nothing lives forever 
The only thing that time will see 

I've lost my taught denial 
And live the days given to me 
My life is slowly ending 
The fact of fate in time I've now chosen to see 

End to an end is our own lifespan 
Our only one since time began 
Shattering glass and the pattern it holds 
No other life can repeat my soul 

Dead is the dead of the living mind 
Now random waves that escape all lifekind 
Truth is the song, the finite dance 
End to an end is our own lifespan 

See... all that life can be 
Let it be... all that you can see 
Come and see... all that is not seen 
Let it be... all that you have seen 

For when your own life dies 
In a flash memories in vain erase 
And wash away 

Beware the afterlife lie 
Never hear, never feel the cries and pain of those 
Still alive 

Who still mourn 

[Solo] 

What once I thought was evil 
Is now a means just to survive 
The drive that makes me human 
Is the love of life I live another day alive 

End to an end is our own lifespan 
Our only one since time began 
Fear the day when our blood runs cold 
The only last truth we all behold 

True paradise is the air we breathe 
The knowledge we teach, the pleasure we feed 
Truth is the song, the finite dance 
End to an end is our own lifespan 

Born into living life alive 
Dying to stay alive in life 

See... all that life can be 
Let it be... all that you can see 
Come and see... all that is not seen 
Let it be... all that you have seen 
End to an end is our only lifespan