Story Behind The Song

It was inspired by the title of a Muse song with a similar name.

Song Description

A dying atheist ponders his upcoming death.

Lyrics

My whole life's strung out behind me, I've been dying for a long time now
What's the reason? What's the point? I cannot tell you - I'm damned if I know!
I sit beside this fire and think of all the roads I've come to travel
I cannot hope, I cannot wish, I cannot understand the darkness or unravel
What I will pass through when I slip this mortal coil

But this I'm certain of...

My time has come; my time is near my weakened frame is holding back the fear
I am the voice of one once strong now lying weak singing my last song
What can I tell you? What wisdom do I hold?
Faith in nothing, seems so weak as I am finding it so hard to speak and
Surety in void can sound so vain when you're at the end of the game
Atheism seems so cool when you're sipping cocktails by the pool
But now I cannot be so vain as I'm lying here at the end of my days

I pass my days in quiet abandon to my faith I hold so dear
So many times I've been overtaken by my underlying fear
I lift my eyes unto the hills to where my faith prepares
An uncertainty that I am certainly aware is there

I sit beside this fire and think of all the roads I've come to travel
I cannot hope, I cannot wish, I cannot understand the darkness or unravel
What I will pass through when I slip this mortal coil

But this I'm certain of - nothing, nothing, nothing

But here goes nothing - God help me.