We parse the script unwritten line by line The mystery of life filtered through time A blank slate open-ended to begin To balance with our own uncertain end, once again It's appointed for man once to die Maybe years, maybe tonight No matter how hard we rage against the dying of the light It comes for everyone For all of us return to dust Return to dust An inventory of a lifetime passed Of things ephemeral, and things that last The hourglass runs out we know not when To meet the Maker when our time has come to an end It's appointed for man once to die Maybe years, maybe tonight No matter how hard we rage against the dying of the light It comes for everyone For all of us When I don't know who to be Will You watch over me as we walk to the end of the world? They were calling for me, but You were all I could see And Your voice was all I heard For all that we do in this life without You is vanity It's appointed for man once to die Maybe years, maybe tonight No matter how hard we rage against the dying of the light It comes for all of us Return to dust