What does it look like in heaven? Is it peaceful? Is it free, like they say? Does the sun shine bright forever? Have your fears and your pain gone away? Rest In Peace, little sis Sarah Smith The choir sings to violin strings in Coram, Gordon Heights They say they saw the lord in lights, and heard the church organ pipes So may your soul rest, I know your ghost spoke, I felt your cold breath Is life a gift, or is living just dying a slow death? Does the pain die, do the tears dry? Do we get wings, do we all fly? Will I see you again in the afterlife? When we pass the light, is it paradise? Are the streets gold, are the gates pearly? 'Cause they took an angel from the Earth too early As I hold my baby to my chest closely If I die, then my son won't get to know me Will I see the morning or is this the ending? Will I live to dance at my daughters' wedding'? Would they welcome me into the doors of heaven? Give my heart a mending and my soul a cleansing? Seen half my family in a coffin Is Vincent healthy, is Max talking? Is Donna happy? Is DeeAnn walking? 'Cause it's been tough ever since we lost them The rough climb, deaf, dumb, blind When we unwind, does the sun shine? Let me hear your voice, just one time Are you up there? Give me some sign Just being born, they say we're truly blessed But is heaven peaceful? I could use the rest I would give my last breath to miss you less How am I holdin' up? I'm living in distress How am I making out? I'm tongue kissing death When the smoke settles, smell the rose petals And so much has gone wrong, does the cold flesh ever turn warm? Can you take us back to the innocence when we were infants being first born? Tell me, what does it look like in heaven? Is it peaceful? Is it free, like they say? Does the sun shine bright forever? Have your fears and your pain gone away? Damnit Listenin' to whispers, vision, magic scene, dream of my sisters Seen her standing on the clouds dancin' in ballerina slippers No hateful emotion, I see the light glowing over the great ocean I smell my aunt Sue's cooking and my dad waving as the gates open In my arms I hold the queen, is this a broken dream? The scene is so serene I'm finally dancing with my grandma Josephine I play chess with my dad's grandfather My great grandpa Johnny seen my baby nephew Vincent He kept asking 'bout his mommy Flashback, the day my sister got the doctor's analysis Vincent had a sickness, Werdnig-Hoffman syndrome, paralysis Every other day, he'd stop breathin' and come back and keep breathing on Then one night, his heart stopped, and we couldn't save him and he was gone It never goes away, and every day, my sister's sufferin' I beg you that one day my sister gets to hold her son again Life is a fraud, tell me, where is the final reward? What kind of Lord lets a child die from a disease in his spinal cord? See my aunt Joyce, Mary-Jane Bub, my uncle Ritchie who coming with me Saw Eddie and Reggie, the true Gs Saw Sean and Albert, the two Ps Let's get a taste of this better place with no skin color, there was never race Where the words are honest, the truth was spoken, no politicians or fake speech Where the Palestinians and Israelis could live together And they make peace and there wasn't room since from the womb Send love to Malachi, the son of DOOM Is peace, stability part of mans ability Can we eat together and stand in tranquility? Every tribe together from every nation No separation, hear the trumpet playin' Tell me, what does it look like in heaven? Is it as peaceful? Is it free, like they say? Does the sun shine bright forever? Have your fears and your pain gone away? Everything Fantasy Here on Earth into next Damnit