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When Death Pulls up a Stool

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Reggae

When Death Pulls up a Stool was released on December 4, 2025 by Let Babylon Burn Records as a part of the album Gospel of the Almost Broken

Song Details

AlbumGospel of the Almost Broken

Release DateDecember 4, 2025

LabelLet Babylon Burn Records

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM85

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Let Babylon Burn

Let Babylon Burn

Programming

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Robert Lancaster

Robert Lancaster

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Let Babylon Burn

Let Babylon Burn

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1 – The Man]

I was sittin’ at the bar, low light, slow night,

Finger on the rim of a glass I didn’t want.

Then you slid onto the stool beside me

Like you owned the damn place.

Didn’t even look my way —

Just said,

“Finish your drink… it’s time to go.”

[Verse 2 – Death]

“Long road you’ve been walkin’,

Too long if you ask me.

You been carryin’ weight

That would’ve cracked a stronger man.

Come now —

Tabs closed, friend.

Let’s move.”

[Verse 3 – The Man]

Tell me, Death…

What you gonna do

If you find me already gone?

What if there’s no spark left to take,

No breath left to steal,

No fight left to finish?

Would you stand there confused,

Wonderin’ who did your job

Before you even showed up?

[Verse 4 – Death]

“Don’t play coy.

You been dead in chapters for years.

Walkin’, talkin’, smiling on cue

While your insides sat still as stone.

I ain’t early, brother…

I’m late.”

[Chorus – Both]

There was a moment

When life and death felt the same —

Two faces, one breath,

No difference in the weight.

And the silence between my thoughts

Grew heavier than the thoughts themselves.

Couldn’t tell if I was breathing

Or just borrowing air.

[Verse 5 – The Man]

Some nights I felt the world

Breathing through me,

Like I was just a dream

Someone forgot to wake up from.

Maybe I never lived at all —

Maybe I just remembered

What living looked like

On someone else’s face.

[Verse 6 – Death]

“I’ve seen that kind.

The walkin’-dead souls…

Heart ticking by habit,

Soul packed its bags years ago.

Don’t feel special —

Half the bar looks like that.”

[Bridge – The Man, spoken low]

I remember wearing a heartbeat

That didn’t belong to me,

Carrying a soul

That didn’t wanna stay.

I walked like a man,

But inside —

Nothing but dust

And muscle memory.

[Bridge – Death, spoken calm]

“Then let’s cut the lies,

Let’s drop the blame.

You ain’t dying tonight —

You’re just returning

To where the rest of you went

A lifetime ago.”

[Final Chorus – Both]

Life and death share the same doorway

When a man grows quiet.

Some disappear slowly,

Long before the body follows.

So when Death pulled up that stool

And whispered, “Time to go…”

I just nodded at my empty glass —

He wasn’t taking me anywhere

I hadn’t already been.

[Outro – Death]

“Come now, brother.

You finished this life honest.

I’m not takin’ you —

I’m just walkin’ you home.”

[Outro – The Man]

Alright then…

Let me stand up slow.

We can go.

Written by: Robert Lancaster

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