The Cleansing

lost at sea 

following your dreams 

dedication to the cause 

comes with the territory 

sophistry, fiendish alchemy 

all that's left to aim for - 

'Terminal Lucidity' 

 

do your purgatorial duty 

before you can go 

transition to a better place 

you can't wait for a 'better place' 

 

you're looking so good 

looking so clean 

look to the future 

don't know where it's been 

I'm just wondering where it's been 

 

I still don't know 

I still don't know 

 

you tried to spread your wings 

became a frequent flyer 

burned up on re-entry 

just another dead survivor 

 

you may say “what's the point?" 

after a game of 'do or die' 

nothing ventured, nothing lost 

shot you with formaldehyde 

 

they prepared your body for the wake 

well dressed and clean 

but, that ain't the way you lived your life 

as a rogue machine 

 

looking so cool 

laid out on a slab 

they think it's so cool 

but they don't know where it's at 

 

now you left the Old World 

bye-bye all those dreams 

welcome to the Afterlife 

what did it all mean? 

 

but I still don't know 

but I still don't know 

but I still don't know where the spirit goes 

when the body's cold, and I still don't know 

 

still don’t know

still don’t know

where the spirit goes

 

but I still don't know 

still don’t know

when the body's cold

where the spirit goes

still don’t know