The Dying Of The Light

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"So all the days of Methuselah amounted to nine hundred and sixty-nine years and he died" - Genesis 5:27

Obviously, human life is much shorter that it was originally meant to be.

This is a rather lively song... about death.

I'm a tall, strong man. But, two years ago, as my wife's frail and delicate aunt lay dying, there was nothing that even a tall, strong man could do to save her - to stay the hand of Death. Life slips even a fist of iron...

...and there is no stay upon the dying of the light.