[Verse 1]

Remembering promises

Once made but now unspoken

Born of child like minds

These shadows of the past are now forsaken

[Chorus 1]

From the dawn of your first day

To this death bed on which you lay

To survive we must comply

With the ritual of your life

[Verse 2]

Can you remember things we said

The dreams our expectations

Like ashes scattered in the wind

There is no recollection

[Chorus 2]

Throughout the passing years

Faith will allay your fears

Follow the holy rites

In the ritual of your life

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

Life; an endless ritual

Continuation perpetual

[Chorus 2]

Throughout the passing years

Faith will allay your fears

Follow the holy rites

In the ritual of you life

[Verse 3]

Try to remember if you can

The pacts we made most solemn

Hands of time have brought decay

Those memories are forgotten

[Chorus 3]

Now as you reach the end

All pain you must transcend

When you die you can't deny

The ritual of your life