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