Ten to One
Mortality's Reflection: Journey into Life and Death
Lyrics
As I set out one night
Setting out alone at night
Alone into the dark
Entering darkness
I came across death
Encountering death
Walking the same dark road as I
Death shares the same path
His eyes were yellow and bright
Death's intense, bright eyes
And hung like lantern lights
Eyes hanging like lantern lights
As I stood at the intersection
At the crossroads of life and death
Of life and death with bated breath
Standing with anticipation
Ten to one
Ten to one, indicating odds
The countdown has begun
Countdown to an event
The curtain falls
Finality of a play or life
The play is done
Completion of the narrative
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Counting down to a significant moment
On the road to the stormy sky
Traveling toward a tumultuous sky
Where the sickle shaped clouds hang high
Clouds shaped like a sickle
He stood there beheading daisies
Death beheading daisies, symbolizing life's fragility
A subtle breeze soothing the amputees
Calming breeze for the suffering
He whispered with his rotten breath
Death's words with decayed breath
You owe nothing to the world but death
Life owes nothing but death
The grave does not distinguish
Grave doesn't differentiate between rich and poor
Which is which, the poor or rich
Ten to one
Countdown, emphasizing inevitability
The countdown has begun
The end of the play or life
The curtain falls
Conclusion and closure
The play is done
Counting down to a significant moment
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Tears for the unlived life
Sorrow for unlived life
For these wrists that I've reddened with a knife
Pain expressed through self-harm
But at least I can say I loved
Claiming to have loved
And yes of course I feel remorse
Feeling remorse despite love
But to tell me what's the use to weep
Questioning the purpose of weeping
All alone in the fathomless deep
Loneliness in the vast emptiness
When death is just a dreamless sleep
Death as a dreamless sleep
Like falling snow into the ground we go
Symbolizing the inevitable return to the earth
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