When I Die

How far is the world, in the end?

Is there a judge? Who decides,

What is wrong and what is right?

Who'll be there, in the end?

Who'll be with me, to be without me?

Is there semething, behind the final curtain?

Will there be anyone, any memories?

When my time has come,

to pass the gate to all eternity

Who'll wait for me

To guide me over, into the unknown?

When I die and leave the world behind

When I die

Day after day, I followed the words

That say, I shall be modest and brave

And I sometimes wonder

How I can be so strong

Now here I stand, who'll hold my hand

How here I stand and wait

Now when your day has come

And all life has passed thru?

When memories fade away

And destiny becomes true

When judgement day has been reached

And it finally comes to an end

You'll come to your redemption

Or to pain that never ends!

Oh, I know there'll be no pain

'Cos my soul is as white as snow

No one's there, to warm my hand

When it gets cold

An apparatus sound is reaching my ears

Bright neon light blinds my eyes

A dark veil setz slowly down on me

I go into the void

[dedicated to the memory of H.G. Spering]