Going Strong Lyrics

Last seen going strong

Up to the highest high

If this way lay your destiny

What a beautiful day to try

Third time was a final chance

To climb towards your glory

A last ascent 'fore time ran out

To crown your whole life's story

So many had died for nothing

Your England had been slain

So with this life is death

And you tried and tried again

Tried and tried again

To reach above the clouds

Not just because it's there

A way to find some meaning

No reason not to dare

You were the chosen one

The whole world would admire

The peak of your ambition

Your summit of desire

Summit of desire

Was there time to think of those you loved and laugh

I wonder if you kissed and buried that photograph

Did you see what was coming and talk to your friend

And know it was the end

In the night on top of the world

In the night on top of the world

Did summit fever grip you?

For you there was no cure

You felt the mountain calling you

To something true and pure

The second step too far

As night fell all around

Did stars come out to warn you

That death lay close at hand?

Absent minded to the last

Or an act of do or die

Temptation was so strong

To end in swapping lies

Qomolangma took you

And held you to her breast

She maybe let you be the first

And there to ever rest

Last seen going strong

Up to the highest high

If this day was your destiny

What a beautiful way to die