I drift through existential thought This illness I have fought Yet I drop to my knees Before this fell disease And hence I leave this mortal coil My bones cast to the soil Does death await us all Or life forevermore Lo! I hear the final melody The phantom strings of death My God, what shall become of me Now I will Take my last breath All must meet with death But they fear I now hold Fades away, a new life I behold Will I gaze into the void The mind and heart destroyed Let thoughts lie down and die While eyes no longer cry Or will I wake again to hear A sweet voice calling clear Will I see before my eyes A golden swift sunrise Lo! I hear the final melody The phantom strings of death My God, what shall become of me Now I will Take my last breath All must meet with death But they fear I now hold Fades away, a new life I behold Lo! I hear the final melody The phantom strings of death My God, what shall become of me Now I will Take my last breath All must meet with death But they fear I now hold Fades away, a new life I behold Fades away, a new life I behold