Respecting your wishes My brother, you wish to die In a bed surrounded by tubes Immobility's cast its shadow In your body numbness reigns You've calculated your demise Your future racked with pain I'll take the life behind your eyes
There was a time when death was distant And the fire of life burned bright Now we realize life's no constant No will to life, death's a right Euthanasia, not murder Act of mercy to escape Society's form of torture To let you live this way
[Chorus] Death is certain Life is not Your mind's in torment Waiting to rot The final curtain Always draws it close When death is certain The end unfolds
From the neck down, you're senseless From the neck up, you're alive And the politics of humanity Refuse to let you die And all the while you plot your death With me at your side Your last wish, your brain to rest Your bondage ropes untied
And the prayer for miracles is through For there's no god to care
Do unto others as done to you Without a doubt he isn't there I won't make a mistake with faith Christ's a waste of time How can I put my trust in god With innocent people dying?
[Chorus] [Guitar Solos:] [- E. Meyer] [- J. Durkin] [- E. Meyer] [- Both]
Paralytic disease infests your brain Debilitates your mind A vegetable wasting, decaying You're running out of time All I know is what you said Before the coma's grip Don't want to live your life brain dead To death you crave to slip
The needle's pulled from in your arm The pulse of life has stopped Your granted plea, a painless death To arrive at the end you'd sought The cryptic statement - bonded truth Lie peaceful in your grave Did we just give up on you? I hope you have been saved...
[Chorus] Death is certain Life is not Your mind lies dormant Proceeding to rot The final curtain Has drawn its close When death is certain The end unfolds!!!...