unstoppable life in its circle did turn
we awoke, we grew feeble, we died, we returned
forgetting in death all of life we had learned
the next day the same and the same on the third
the next day the same and the same on the third
life has a meaning that nobody knows
washed ashore on the banks where the dead river goes
see without fear until fear is a lie
there was never a reason, so don’t ask me why
on the fourth day we fashioned a door and went through
it emptied us into the waters anew
and we cursed with the very last breath that we drew
in the river of secrets that never we knew
in the river of secrets that never we knew
life has a meaning that nobody knows
washed ashore on the banks where the dead river goes
see without fear until fear is a lie
there was never a reason, so don’t ask me why
on the fifth day we fashioned a dagger in test
some of us made it; the rest of us left
with sunset approaching we marched to our deaths
but between door and dagger the dagger worked best
between door and dagger the dagger worked best
life has a meaning that nobody knows
washed ashore on the banks where the dead river goes
see without fear until fear is a lie
there was never a reason, so don’t ask me why
the morning was gray when we next did arise
holding daggers were some; we no longer knew why
we opened a hole till the blood filled our eyes
and not much past noon on the sixth day we died
not much past noon on the sixth day we died
life has a meaning that nobody knows
washed ashore on the banks where the dead river goes
see without fear until fear is a lie
there was never a reason, so don’t ask me why
when next I awoke did the coldest rain pour
I still held my dagger and knew not what for
but I’d dreamt of a river who’d dreamt of a door
and I was the first and the last man at war
I was the first and the last man at war
with nothing to lose and with nothing to win
I cut straight to the quick where my comrades had been
and though every day the same river we swim
on the seventh day I was the last to jump in
on the seventh day I was the last to jump in
life has a meaning that nobody knows
washed ashore on the banks where the dead river goes
see without fear until fear is a lie
there was never a reason, so don’t ask me why
there was never a reason, so don’t ask me why
