Lyrics
[CHORUS]
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
[VERSE 1]
We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –
[VERSE 2]
We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –
[VERSE 3]
Or rather – He passed Us –
The Dews drew quivering and Chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –
[CHORUS]
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
[CHORUS]
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
[VERSE 1]
We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –
[VERSE 2]
We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –
[VERSE 3]
Or rather – He passed Us –
The Dews drew quivering and Chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –
[CHORUS]
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
[drop]
[VERSE 3]
Or rather – He passed Us –
[Solo]
The Dews drew quivering and Chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –
[Guitar Solo B, Saxophone riff]
[CHORUS]
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
[Solo]
[outro]
[VERSE 4]
We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –
[Solo]
[VERSE 5]
Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity –
[Wailing solo]
[CHORUS]
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
[VERSE 4]
We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –
[Guitar Solo]
[VERSE 5]
Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity –
[Wailing Solo]
[CHORUS]
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
[VERSE 5]
Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity –
[Wailing Solo]
[CHORUS]
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
And Immor-tal-ity.
[outro with melodic guitar riff and female chanting]
[fade out]