Death is bound to come, my friend, a truth you surely know,
Where is your true, eternal home, where silent breezes blow?
This fleeting world or life beyond, which do you hold so dear?
Why chase the firefly's fading light when shadows gather near?
Lost within these earthly charms, the Lord you have forgot,
Thinking these illusions are the only life you've got!
All this worldly maze and shade, this loud and empty show,
In just a few short days you'll see the trickery below!
When eyes are closed in final sleep, regret will bring no grace,
Mountains of wealth won't bear the weight, nor save you in that place.
When ledgers of your sins unfold, bitter tears you'll weep,
No earthly fortune buys escape from chasms dark and deep.
You drifted in the blinding tide of modern, restless streams,
The boastful glow of fleeting youth will vanish like your dreams!
No one arrived to block your path, no hand reached out to hold,
When will you wake from slumber deep? When will the dawn unfold?
With colored threads, you only wove a web of false delight,
Nursing rebel pride and arrogance, hidden out of sight.
Washed away in the roaring tide of the modern, rapid flow,
A reckless youth went drifting by, with none to say him no!
Return unto the path of truth, while time is still your own,
The doors of mercy wait ajar before the Gracious Throne.
To earthen graves you must descend, the earthly game is done,
Why waste this precious, fleeting hour beneath the fading sun!
