Undiscovered Country – Either/Or

“To be or not to be?” I ask myself upon my pillow
To spend eternity at rest without the slings and arrowsI want to be with you
A sea of trouble spread between us
To bid adieu to bid adieu to this world

And so I’ll sail away across the sea
To the undiscovered country
Truly alive and truly free
And if I leave tomo9rrow
It gives me hope to know
That there’s no place I’d rather be
Set me free.

I’ll leave it all behind
This bag of bones with Yorick’s skull
For ‘tis nobler in the mind for me to suffer pain and sorrow
I shall not bear the bodkin
I’ll bear my fortune waiting for you
To bid adieu to bid adieu to this world

To fall asleep
Perchance to dream
Until the day the dead shall rise
For we see but a poor reflection
But the day the sky splits open
I’m face to face with my Creator

And while I still have breath
I’ll run until I pith the marrow
If I succumb to death
It gives me hope to know what follows
I shall not blunt my purpose
The toils of life won’t leave me fallow
And when I’m through I’ll bid adieu to this world!

And so I’ll sail away across the sea
To the undiscovered country
Truly alive and truly free
And if I leave tomo9rrow
It gives me hope to know
That there’s no place I’d rather be
Set me free.

~ by gilliganbrady on August 25, 2007.