From the book of life

Comes a rider for the damned

And he wields the scythe

As he rides across the land

But when he comes

You'll never know

Then it's time for you to leave the world

[Chorus:]

Mother Angel tell me why

Is it cool up in the sky

Was it time for you to disappear and go

Is there something I should know

Was it time for you to go

Waiting for a sign from you

To let me know

Here on my own

From the ashes we do come

To the ashes we shall go

And the dust that we were made of

Shall embrace our very soul

All the times that we don't know

Make it harder to believe in god

And heaven above

So Mother Angel tell me why

Is it cool up in the sky

Was it time for you to disappear and go

Is there something I should know

Was it time for you to go

Waiting for a sign from you

To let me know

Here on my own

My hands reach out into thin air

And the truth is hard to bear

No one comes to bring you back again

So Mother Angel tell me why

Is it cool up in the sky

Was it time for you to disappear and go

Is there something I should know

Was it time for you to go

Waiting for a sign from you

To let me know

Here on my own