All Things Must Pass

[Pre-recorded Intro: Erik Thompson] The second law of thermodynamics is the most curious of all It says that total amount of disorder or entropy always increases in the universe In other words, things rust, things decay Everything gets old and eventually falls apart and rots [Verse 1: Tombstone da Deadman] It’s been about 13 billion years or so and I wonder where the years have flown And I’ve been a part of it all and even witnessed the expansion grow I’ve seen the laws of physics sort out themselves I’ve seen stars and planets form from out of gravity wells Even galaxies colliding with others in cataclysmic wonder I caused destruction on levels too high to have a number Part of reality’s fabric attached to it like a magnet I’m not a villain there’s no reason to panic But see I’m not a hero either, I’m both but still neither Transcending all your names Anubis to the grim reaper You little hairless apes can barely comprehend the scope of this Your life spans so short I can hardly say that you exist You really amuse me the ways you try to lose me You can’t cheat me or beat me no matter what you learned in movies Beneath my notice I don’t see you when I reap you I’ve ended entire whole worlds why would I care about people [Chorus] (x2) Ashes to ashes and dust to dust I know Everything falls apart, its part of life's flow And in time everything you ever knew will go away All things must pass [Verse 2: Tombstone da Deadman] You should be happy that you got a chance to share a little slice of sentience No matter how short or small and insignificant So when the day comes that I put an end to it Reflect upon your life in the last minutes that you spend with it Just think about the people that you have touch and ones that you loved so much Accomplishments and failures fun times and all of the such Or not... cause you can choose to go into the darkness screaming Disturbing all of your people but to me it has no meaning If it’s any consolation just know that all of them that will mourn you In a relatively short time will follow you and join you Everyone including the ones of them that’s just born, too Exactly like the others before them when their time came due The universe itself will get this gift I'm giving up The balance with the thermodynamic equilibrium Then I can finally rest and look upon the work I’ve done Until the quantum forces start to spark another one [Chorus](x2) Ashes to ashes and dust to dust I know Everything falls apart, its part of life's flow And in time everything you ever knew will go away All things must pass