There Was a Life

There was a life
 Was there before
 But somehow here upon this night
 It now means more
 And all those words
 She tried to say
 I've now forgotten
 Or they've somehow slipped away
 And in this darkness
 Is there salvation
 Is there forgiveness
 For hesitation
 Can someone tell me
 Can someone say when
 The writer of this story
 Will just tell us how it all will end
 And somewhere on this night
 There's a wave on the ocean
 That crashes on shores
 Where no one can see
 The tides and the currents
 Decide every motion
 From where they are now
 To where they will be
 It cradles them all
 For they all are its children
 If one drop disappears
 It is instantly missed
 And after each wave
 Has joined up with the shoreline
 It returns to the sea
 For that is its one wish
 There was a light
 Was there before
 But in the darkness of this night
 It now means more
 To be so close
 To be so near
 To see the water there within
 A young child's tear
 And in our blindness
 Do we move onward
 And cling to the lies
 That we have harbored
 We could not admit
 We were mistaken
 But if we don't do it now
 Dear God could you please come
 Down here
 And tell me when
 And somewhere on this night
 There's a wave on the ocean
 That crashes on shores
 Where no one can see
 The tides and the currents
 Decide every motion
 From where they are now
 To where they will be
 It cradles them all
 For they all are its children
 If one drop disappears
 It is instantly missed
 And after each wave
 Has joined up with the shoreline
 It returns to the sea
 For that is its one wish
 In the dead of the night
 Tell me what do you see
 Will you close your eyes child
 And just listen to me
 And remember this now
 Hear these words that I say
 As your story appears
 At the end of the day
 For my meeting with death
 Though it has been delayed
 I have run my hands over
 The end of his blade
 Though the cut wasn't fatal
 Even though it was deep
 Well that wound's never healed
 And the blood it still seeps
 Are you scared of your life
 Are you scared of your death
 Though that day will arrive
 Well it hasn't come yet
 For the days turn to months
 And the months turn to years
 As I see them all now
 Through a prism of tears
 But don't fear tomorrow
 And don't fear the night
 It's where God repairs sorrows
 That enter your life
 The remains of your life
 The remains of the day
 Well protect every hour
 Don't give them away
 For each evening we sleep
 And each morning we rise
 But you're not the same man
 That's the way it's devised
 For there're parts of yourself
 The soul decides to keep
 And there're parts of yourself
 That the soul does release
 With some changes so small
 That they cannot be seen
 But death is like sleep
 With a longer dream
 Are you scared of your life
 Are you scared of your death
 Though that day will arrive
 Well it hasn't come yet
 As for all those mistakes
 That you've made in your life
 Must they stay as they are
 Or can we make them right
 On this night take my hand
 Keep me near keep me close
 And if I should die first
 Could I not be your ghost
 But if later in life
 We should happen to meet
 Would you keep me so near
 You could hear my heartbeat
 There are reasons to live
 There are reasons to die
 But the end's not the end
 While you're still alive
 Alive
 Alive
 While you're still a...
 There was a life
 Was there before