Love and Death

What can change me
If not love, and if not death

One gives but the other takes
That where love has given
From me death has taken
That where my daughter was born
My mother was taken
And from where I lost a sister
Plays a son

What can change me
If not Love, and if not death

One builds, the other destroys
That where love has gifted
From me death has stolen
Where now stands a departed father
The hugs of brothers flourish
And from the fields of my sorrow
Is now planted joy

What can change me
If not love, and if not death

One is compassionate, the other brutal
That where love has forgiven
From me death has punished
That from where I stand divorced
A marriage is consummated
And from where they pronounce my death
A birth is celebrated

What can change me
If not love, and if not death

One is merciful but the other is cruel
That where love is tolerant
From me death has been insolent
That from where they bid me farewell
A welcoming party for the other begins
And from where there is a funeral
There is a wedding feast

What can change me
If not Love, and if not death