I HATED WHILE I WAITED FOR THE COLD, HARD AND BITTER FACTS CUT

DOWN IN THE MIDST OF THE PRIME OF HIS LIFE

WITH THE SWING OF A MOBILE AXE - AND NO ONE

BELIEVES IT TILL THE CROWDS ALL GONE

AND IT ALL HITS HOME

THAT EVERYTHING FROZEN IN TIME SEEMS TO MELT

WHEN YOU'RE ALL ALONE


WAY BACK IN THE DAZE - WE WERE YOUNG AND CRAZY

AND WE PASSED THE TIME WITH THE CRIME OF BEING LOST AND LAZY

TELL ME WHO'S TO BLAME FOR THE SAME OLD SAD, SAD SONG

AS SOCIETY'S SINGING - DEATH GOES ON


TWO YEARS GO BY WITH THE BLINK OF AN EYE AND ANOTHER

ONE GONE

AND AS THE CROWD GREW SLIMMER, THEN THE CROWD GOT STRONGER,

THEN THE CROWD MOVED ON

I REMEMBER THE TIMES WE WOULD ALL BE TOGETHER

JUST SINGIN' OUT LOUD

IN THE BACK OF MY MIND THE VOICES STILL ECHO

WE SOUNDED SO PROUD


TO BE PART OF THE FAMILY - WHOSE ROOTS RUN SO DEEP

AND WE'D ALL BE TOGETHER RAISING HELL TILL WE WERE SOUND ASLEEP

IN THE MIDST OF A NIGHTMARE THAT LASTS ALL NIGHT LONG

AS SOCIETY'S SINGIN' - DEATH GOES ON