Based on a story I read in College...can't remember the author...sorry
Lyrics
Waiting on Death
(c) Nov 2006, Rebecca Dale Peaden (BMI)/Marchetti (BMI)
V1
He'd grown old...and gotten slow
He'd gone blind...and it was time
As was custom - for the tribe
To leave him behind
V2
They broke camp..and with eyes damp
While still sunlight...they lit his pipe
Built a fire - kissed him bye
And rode toward the night
Chorus:
Waiting on death...
Heart pounding in his chest...
He could taste the snow...
On his tongue
He could hear the wolves...
But couldn't run
Waiting on death...
He could feel the fire...
Burning down
The smell of fear
all around him
Waiting on death...
V3
Felt the sun fade...had to be brave...
Searched his mind...tried to find
Some good memories
Till the end of the line
Chorus:
Waiting on death..
Heart pounding in his chest...
He could taste the snow...
On his tongue
He could hear the wolves...
But couldn't run
...Waiting on death...
He could feel the fire...
Burning down
The smell of fear
all around him
...Waiting on death...
Bridge:
Hours seemed like days
He was so cold
Then he heard the crunching
Of the snow
Rippng flesh
Then stabbing pain
It'd soon be over
Noone to blame
Chorus:
Waiting on death...
Heart pounding in his chest...
He could taste the snow...
On his tongue
He could hear the wolves...
But couldn't run
...Waiting on death...
He could feel the fire...
Burning down
The smell of fear
all around him
...Waiting on death...
