You wish to claim me for your own, You have made that very plain, You have stalked me since my life began, Almost driving me insane The trouble is I don’t know when you will strike, I have eluded you this long, Trying to reason with you, Show you that with you I don’t belong You tell me in my inner mind, How my destiny lies with you, And that from the start of time, You have a place prepared for me too It’s when I gaze at your faceless form, I begin to shake and weep, I realize that when you, death, come to claim me, My life I cannot keep So I’ll say farewell to my loved ones, Meet you, death with a fearless stand, My God will lead me through your valley, Till I reach the Heavenly Land