21 Grams

How much does a human soul weigh?
When it leaves you, when it "goes away"?
Was there a truth to those tests in 1907
When the spirits of the dead left for hell or for heaven

21 grams was the value set aside
For the journey throught the veil, for that ethereal flight
21 grams was the value set aside

Maybe these molecules depart, to ride out, to ride thе ? of chance
To join up with the crushing wave of cosmic thrust
Champions of dеstiny or fate or luck

21 grams was the value set aside
For the journey throught the veil, for it's the final ride
21 grams is what the ferryman may chatge
To be part of the whole, to be stardust!

Such a moagre price for the essence of a life
Paid in full upon that final breath
This real and vital force returning to the source
Is this proof of a journey beyond death?

Don't count these supernatural matters
Inquiry may leave your thoughts in tatters
Perhaps our human trials and tests are simply not enough
What we do not understand is far too much

21 grams was the value set aside
For the journey throught the veil, for that ethereal flight
21 grams was the value set aside

Such a moagre price for the essence of a life
Paid in full upon that final breath
This real and vital force returning to the source
Is this proof of a journey beyond death?
Beyond death...