The Mystery of Edwin Drood movie - Finale/The Writing On The Wall lyrics
rate me<br>
<br>
Drood:<br>
I am Laz'rus, risen from the grave!<br>
Quite alive you find me -<br>
This tomb behind me<br>
Is where I faced my closest shave!<br>
When I struck my head against the street,<br>
I was stunned, not stricken -<br>
(Out plot doth thicken) -<br>
For Jasper flew me off my feet<br>
<br>
To the crypt,<br>
I awoke in dark beyond belief,<br>
And while all above me showed their grief,<br>
I was screaming for my very breath,<br>
Only moments from death.<br>
<br>
You have no idea the sudden strength<br>
That you feel within you,<br>
The steel and sinew,<br>
When fate stands smiling at arms-length.<br>
I escaped! From Cloisterham I fled.<br>
I did not return here.<br>
'Til I could learn here<br>
Just who in hell would wish me dead.<br>
<br>
But more than that,<br>
More than what solution fits this crime,<br>
What I've learned is that life is bits of time,<br>
And you fight for every tiny speck<br>
When you're held by the neck:<br>
<br>
I have read the writing on the wall,<br>
And the greatest myst'ry<br>
Is not the hist'ry<br>
Of Jasper, Drood and one and all!<br>
<br>
I have met my maker and returned!<br>
What advice I'm giving<br>
To all those living<br>
Is just to learn what I have learned:<br>
<br>
Life is dear.<br>
There can be no vict'ry in defeat.<br>
If our-numbered, beat a fast retreat<br>
To the nearest shelter and dig in!<br>
When you live, then you win!<br>
<br>
Scratch and claw for every day you're worth!<br>
Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming<br>
You'll live forever here on earth.<br>
<br>
I have read the writing on the wall,<br>
And it's clearly spelled out<br>
For those who've held out<br>
That holding on to life is all.<br>
<br>
Is it clear?<br>
If you hear my voice, then you're alive.<br>
What a bloody marvel we survive,<br>
When you think of every risk we face<br>
In our mad human race!<br>
<br>
I have read the writing on the wall!<br>
Try to live forever<br>
And give up never<br>
The fight - you'll need the wherewithal!<br>
Can't you heed the lightning<br>
As I plead.<br>
Inciting you to read the writing on the wall!<br>
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