• The pendulum swings
    With a rhythmic timing
    And church bells ring
    Hear their chiming
    It’s time to take
    The final fall
    And the Lord will make
    His final call

    You’re old and weary
    You’ve lived so long
    Your eyes are tired and bleary
    And all you hear is a silent song

    So long you have traveled
    In the time of your life
    The mysteries you unraveled
    And you’re experienced strife

    From the beasts you’ve slain
    To the hearts you’ve won
    You saw a desert rain
    And almost kissed the sun

    You did these things
    And more
    Now your praises they sing
    It is you they adore

    But now he who souls he reaps
    Comes for your life to take
    As you fall into a sleep
    From which you will never wake
    The pendulum swings
    With a rhythmic timing
    And church bells ring
    Hear their chiming