Harbinger of death and slaughter -
(next time 'round you'll be the slain),
Refuse the dying man your water -
(thirst when you come back again)
Don't spare the rod don't spoil the child -
(I hope you like to take a beating),
Feed your face while others starve -
(you'd better learn to not miss eating)
Shining beauty - fair and wise,
Has served it's time as dim and sallow
An honest judge seeks truth through eyes
which once gazed lifeless from the gallows
Hands that heal the sick and lame,
Long since held tools of inquisition
Tongues which speak words true and sane
have chanted sermons on perdition
Chorus:
Cross the bridge that spans forver -
living thread of evermore
Without beginning - ending never,
living thread of evermore
See the footprints in the sand -
countless lifetimes gone before,
Point our path with unseen hands -
The living threads of evermore
From egg and sperm 'neath sticky sheet -
To ash and bone or maggot meat,
The way looks neither pleasant or too long
So have you stopped to wonder whether,
If when weighed against a feather,
All your deeds appear so big and strong?
Chorus:
Cross the bridge that spans forver -
living thread of evermore
Without beginning - ending never,
living thread of evermore
See the footprints in the sand -
countless lifetimes gone before,
Point our path with unseen hands -
The living threads of evermore
Light and dark complete the circle -
Find the Yang to fit the Yin
Barren desert - lush green myrtle,
Chase the wind to lift your wing
From egg and sperm 'neath sticky sheet -
To ash and bone or maggot meat,
The way looks neither pleasant or too long
So have you stopped to wonder whether,
If when weighed against a feather,
All your deeds appear so big and strong?
Cross the bridge that spans forver -
living thread of evermore
Without beginning - ending never,
living thread of evermore