1. We were created for a grand purpose
Yet we sleep in misery

2. Each day the inevitable draws nearer
And death creeps closer to our souls

3. We care not, nor see it as distressing
If only we had learned from distress

4. We hoped in him for worldly gain
And said to him "peace be upon you"

5. We care not if we gathered it lawfully
Or unlawfully, for the unlawful is not made lawful

6. Our concern is frivolity and multiplying wealth
And this building and servants

7. How can we buy the fleeting life with lasting
Where is reason and inspiration?

8. Had we been ignorant, it would be an excuse
But we are all knowing