Because I could not Stop for Death

It's a poem by Emily Dickinson. I love it so much that I added a melody to it. Now everytime I think of death and how scary it is, I sing this song to wash away my fear.



Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.

We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labor, and my leisure too,
For his civility.

We passed the school, where children strove
At recess, in the ring;
We passed the fields of gazing grain,
We passed the setting sun.

Or rather, be passed us;
The dews grew quivering and chill,
For only gossamer my gown,
My tippet only tulle.

We paused before house that seemed
A swelling of the ground;
The roof was scarcely visible,
The cornice but a mound.

Since then 'tis centuries, and yet each
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmised the horses' heads
Were toward eternity.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Poem
• Song
• Death

[OneEyedxPMEL]

Yep. The poem is so beautiful that the song makes it all the more so. :D

[KuveyA]

Everyone knows you sing Emily Dickinson to the Pokemon theme. How did you screw that up?!

[termikesmike]

this is great !

[asgees09]

amazing

[altairea016]

No matter how much I listen to this, it's still so beautiful. I'll never get tired of the melody while the poem itself is wonderful. :)