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 You cannot hurry death You cannot hurry death
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 It has its own time It has its own time
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 Its own season Its own season
  
-Even when life is  + 
-thin, frail and achingly hard+ 
 +Even when life is thin, frail and achingly hard 
 You cannot hurry death. You cannot hurry death.
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 Thin skeletal man Thin skeletal man
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 Just a breath in a sheath Just a breath in a sheath
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 of skin and bones of skin and bones
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 But still that breath continues But still that breath continues
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 In and out In and out
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 Measuring the last moments Measuring the last moments
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 of life and being of life and being
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 How do we free ourselves  How do we free ourselves 
-from our painful caresses when+ 
 +from our painful carcasses when 
 they are exhausted and spent? they are exhausted and spent?
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 The soul valiantly The soul valiantly