Death’s Design

I know my life must end
But tell me how and when
With open eyes I see
These things in front of me

Anticipate…elude the phantom
I feel those eyes
They counter my every move

Retaliate...prolong the checkmate
Not even death
Can bring on my defeat

A blessing in this prophecy
Foresee the doom pursuing me
Endurance is supremacy
A lesson in futility

Two moves ahead and now I’m falling behind
No escape from death’s design
With every breath I sense mortality’s end
No escape…no escape

Some say I’m obsessed
With learning the ways of death
I have to know the plan
I have to see my end

Footsteps grow louder…just a matter of time
No escape from death’s design
In desperation I have dared to confront
No escape…no escape

In the moment of defeat
I tremble on my knees
Buried head in hand
He vanishes with the wind

I can’t stand not knowing
How and when I will die
The suspense is growing
Slowly losing my mind

I’ll just kill myself
Then I’m in control
No more mystery
My demise is my own

Only in death do I comprehend
The chain of events that led to the end
The visions…the deception

What I saw as divine circumstance
Was nothing more than a twisted romance
An illusion…all along…that was the plan