Kwek posted a song by Dream Theater entitled The Spirit Carries On in Tian Leng’s tribute blog. This is one of the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard. It reminded me of a conversation which my brother had with our aunt some time ago.

He told her about a book he read, titled 23 Minutes in Hell by Bill Wiese and he said, “it scared the hell out of me!”

Tian Leng once told me, “I think how a person dies has to do with how he lived his life.”

“Do you notice that nice people alwiz die first?” he asked me.

“But they don’t suffer. Maybe just for a short while-la. But they don’t suffer,” he continued.  “See, like Galvin’s father. Nice man wat. Dunno why so fast.”

“But those bad people ah…sure suffer damn long one. Or they live but cacat-ed u know….. I think God is fair.”

Sometimes this goofy boy will just surprise you with deep conversations like this.

I know you’re in a much better place now. At least, you didn’t suffer for long too. God has better plans for you. The Spirit carries on….

Where did we come from?
Why are we here?
Where do we go when we die?
What lies beyond
And what lay before?
Is anything certain in life?

They say, life is too short,
The here and the now
And you’re only given one shot
But could there be more,
Have I lived before,
Or could this be all that we’ve got?

If I die tomorrow
I’d be allright
Because I believe
That after we’re gone
The spirit carries on

I used to be frightened of dying
I used to think death was the end
But that was before
I’m not scared anymore
I know that my soul will transcend

I may never find all the answers
I may never understand why
I may never prove
What I know to be true
But I know that I still have to try

If I die tomorrow
I’d be allright
Because I believe
That after we’re gone
The spirit carries on

Move on, be brave
Don’t weep at my grave
Because I am no longer here
But please never let
Your memory of me disappear

Safe in the light that surrounds me
Free of the fear and the pain
My questioning mind
Has helped me to find
The meaning in my life again
Victoria is real
I finally feel
At peace with the girl in my dreams
And now that I’m here
It’s perfectly clear
I found out what all of this means

If I die tomorrow
I’d be allright
Because I believe
That after we’re gone
The spirit carries on

Life goes on. We shan’t cry anymore. We’ll meet again.