The Friendly Hand of Death

What stays the friendly hand of death?
What stays the rain that would fall?
Is it time or space,
Or hopes and dreams?
Is it you or me,
Or something yet unknown?
What stays the friendly hand of death?
What stays the reain that would fall?

What brings the friendly hand of death?
What brings the rain that would fall?
Is it fate or destiny,
Or chance or coincidence?Is it a beginning or an ending?
Or something yet unknown?
What brings the friendly hand of death?
What brings the rain that would fall?

What is the friendly hand of death?
What is the rain that would fall?
Is it love or hate,
Or both and neither?
Is it real or just a dream?
Or something yet unknown?
What is the friendly hand of death?
What is the rain that would fall?