A Psalm of Life

[Intro] [Powerful guitar riff] [Verse 1] Tell me not, in mournful numbers Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers And things are not what they seem [Pre-Chorus] Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal Dust thou art, to dust returnest Was not spoken of the soul. [Chorus] Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day [break] [Verse 2] Tell me not, in mournful numbers Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers And things are not what they seem [Pre-Chorus] Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal Dust thou art, to dust returnest Was not spoken of the soul. [Chorus] Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day [instrumental interlude] [End]