The worry of Death to many in the west seems to have become almost non fiction. Maybe that is why this version of O Death sends more chills down my spine than any other. Though it still has plenty to say, we hear from Death less often now that machines are the lions...
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Ekkehard+Ehlers/track/O+Death?src=onebox
(highly recommended Ekkehard Ehlers album)
"Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time, but now that it's the opposite it's twice upon a time." - Moondog (1916-1999)
Twice upon a time is becoming our collective metaphor, our modern day folklore. It's why we complain when the days are long and the reason nature frowns upon the death of the strong.
A Life Without Fear often proves more challenging than it first appears.