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I know my life must end

But tell me how and when

With open eyes I see

These things in front of me

Anticipate…elude the phantom

I feel those eyes

They counter my every move

Retaliate...prolong the checkmate

Not even death

Can bring on my defeat

A blessing in this prophecy

Foresee the doom pursuing me

Endurance is supremacy

A lesson in futility

Two moves ahead and now I’m falling behind

No escape from death’s design

With every breath I sense mortality’s end

No escape…no escape

Some say I’m obsessed

With learning the ways of death

I have to know the plan

I have to see my end

Footsteps grow louder…just a matter of time

No escape from death’s design

In desperation I have dared to confront

No escape…no escape

In the moment of defeat

I tremble on my knees

Buried head in hand

He vanishes with the wind

I can’t stand not knowing

How and when I will die

The suspense is growing

Slowly losing my mind

I’ll just kill myself

Then I’m in control

No more mystery

My demise is my own

Only in death do I comprehend

The chain of events that led to the end

The visions…the deception

What I saw as divine circumstance

Was nothing more than a twisted romance

An illusion…all along…that was the plan