From the book of life Comes a rider for the damned And he wields the scythe As he rides across the land
But when he comes You'll never know Then it's time for you to leave the world
[Chorus:] Mother Angel tell me why Is it cool up in the sky Was it time for you to disappear and go Is there something I should know Was it time for you to go Waiting for a sign from you To let me know Here on my own
From the ashes we do come To the ashes we shall go And the dust that we were made of Shall embrace our very soul All the times that we don't know Make it harder to believe in god And heaven above
So Mother Angel tell me why Is it cool up in the sky Was it time for you to disappear and go Is there something I should know Was it time for you to go Waiting for a sign from you To let me know Here on my own
My hands reach out into thin air And the truth is hard to bear No one comes to bring you back again
So Mother Angel tell me why Is it cool up in the sky Was it time for you to disappear and go Is there something I should know Was it time for you to go Waiting for a sign from you To let me know Here on my own