Death is like a beating drum Heavy on my heart I will leave you, lover, soon Lovely though thou art I can hear my fading breath Like thunder on the sea And I don't mind the zealous hands Only knows defeat I loved you, endlessly All the more I will But death is like a beating drum Who's beating louder, still Death is like a beating drum Cadence true and thick This darkness swallows beast and bird Turn your eyes from it I loved you, endlessly And all the more I will But death is like a beating drum Who's beating louder, still Death is like a beating drum Heavy on my heart I will leave you, lover, soon Lovely though thou art