[a cappella] [vocals only] [no instruments] O Death, O Death Won’t you spare me over ’til another year What is this I can’t see Ice-cold hands locked on me You don’t knock, you don’t speak You just take what you came to keep I am Death, I don’t excel I don’t open Heaven, I don’t open Hell I open the ground and I leave it still That’s the only door I ever fill O Death, a man would pray Give me light for one more day Kids still breathing, work undone Mercy ran out before the sun I’ll stop your feet so you can’t run I’ll lock your jaw when the talking’s done I’ll close your eyes on the last thing seen This hour’s mine — walk out with me I come for the soul, I leave the meat Cold on the floor, nothing left to keep Flesh comes off the frame in time Dirt and worm both sign their line O Death, O Death Won’t you spare me over ’til another year Mama stood by the bed I made Cold rag down where the fever laid Head still hot, feet already gone Death moving up before the dawn O Death, look how you treat the live Shut my sight and still I fight Hurt the body, drain it slow Run the years right out the soul O Death, look at the years I wore Don’t take the watch while I’m still on the floor All I built is in your hand Move that ice if you still can Young or old, broke or paid You don’t sort the ones you take No land, no gold, no name that holds Nothing feeds you but the soul O Death, O Death Won’t you spare me over ’til another year
