Verse 1: O, death My enemy, my friend, You take those I love, And free them from pain What am I to do With this dilemma That my loss Is their gain. Verse 2: Oh, life My enemy, My friend, You keep near those I love Yet keep them in pain. What am I to do with this dilemma That their pain Is my gain. CHORUS 1: Oh love, My enemy, My friend, You fill when you give, You cut when you take. What am I to do With this dilemma— The love you make live you’ll finally unmake. Verse 3: Oh, grief My enemy, My friend, You keep close those I love And keep me in pain What am I to do with this dilemma The cost of love Is a loss I disdain. CHORUS 2: Oh love, My enemy, My friend, You fill when you give, You cut when you take. What am I to do With this dilemma— The love you make live you’ll finally unmake. BRIDGE: When loss cuts so deep, And wounds just won’t mend, When I’m bruised by my loss And I’ve nothing to lend I lift up my grief, I pull in my breath, And I cry for the One Who has conquered all death. CHORUS 3: Oh love, My enemy, My friend, You fill when you give, You cut when you take. What am I to do With this dilemma— The love you make live you’ll finally unmake. Chorus 4: Oh, Jesus, My friend my good friend, You hold close those I love In life or in death I know what you do with this dilemma You loved them in life And love them in death. OUTRO: And I hate all my aching But I love that they rest And one day I’ll see them In the land of the blessed.
