For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. (I Cor. 15:21-22)
Every man alive is born to die
The end will always come, will always come
The legacy, left behind
For everyone in humankind
Is written in the twinkle of every father's eye
Is carved in every wrinkled face that opens up and cries
The Reaper's hand cannot be stayed no matter how we try
We are born to die
Born to die
From the cradle to the rocking-chair
Our lives are hollow with despair
Coz the simple fact we can't deny
Is all of us were born to die
Her mother turns away with broken sobs
The question in the air is "Why so young?"
But the legacy, left behind
For everyone in humankind
Is stamped by the tire of every hit-and-run
Is burned within the fire bursting forth from every gun
So laugh today because tomorrow you may be the one
We are born to die
His fragile life is slowly sucked away
Preempted by a will that's not his own
And the legacy, left behind
For everyone in humankind
Is flaunted by every toe on his tiny pair of feet
Is found in every Cheerio his mouth will never eat
But he joins the ranks of shining ones who tread the golden street
He was born to die
A son was born four years before himself
And even then He knew His time would come
For the legacy, left behind
For everyone in humankind
Was riding on the nails that held his arms aloft
Was dancing in the gales which at his word grew soft
Was standing by the stone that tried to seal him in the tomb
The Destroyer didn't know that he was sealing his own doom
Coz Jesus is the Son of God and hell ain't got the room
He was born to die
Born to die
From the manger to Gethsemane
He knew the cross would set us free
And the simple truth we can't deny
Is Jesus Christ was born to die