1. Man is but a single sperm, his life-span but a moment
A brief breath, not a perpetual gift when he passes on

2. And people seem like mounted knights
Sporting with a tattered shroud after it frays

3. Cry out, if thoughts of calamities cross my mind
Cry out, oh what sorrow startles my sleep

4. If you heed some of the needs of the Lord
Do not heed, with dread, one who dwells in the grave