Forever is our today...

There's no time for us
There's no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams yet slips away
From us

Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever....?

There's no chance for us
It's all decided for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us

Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever?
Who dares to love forever?
When love must die

But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is our today
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever?
Forever is our today
Who waits forever anyway?

These lyrics convey such a powerful message - one of frustration at life being such a bitch at times, it snatches away our future, our dreams, often without warning. Entwined with this frustration however, is a cry of defiance, a cry which shouts "You can't snatch the here and now from us!"

At the very bottom line, the present moment is all we have. The past is an unalterable shadow, the future is an illusion, a dream which might or might not come true. The only time in existence is now - oh hang on, there it just went!

Where does this leave the religious idea of an afterlife? I don't know. Maybe in the context of the eternal now, we're already there but don't know it yet.

"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live." John 5: 24-25