Approach the image filled with fear
  As the image grows so clear
  Future now takes full control
  The one whose past you now behold
  Touch - the flesh it is so cold
  Turn away - you now have been told
  Never to return, memories will last
  In the future, you'll think about the past
  Never to forget, what you have seen
  
  People come to pay respect
  Taking pictures of the dead
  That is what life comes to be
  Once they lived, now they're deceased
  
  Death is oh so strange
  The past no one can change
  What you can't predict
  Is how long you'll exist
  Open casket - open casket
  
  Life will never be the same
  Death can never be explained
  It's their time to go beyond
  Empty feeling when they're gone
  
  Never to return, memories will last
  In the future, you'll think about the past
  Never to forget, what you have seen
  What can not be real you now believe