Because...Death

Inspired by Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death,” first published posthumously in 1890, this song reimagines Death as a courteous companion guiding the narrator beyond the familiar world. A black carriage passes fields, fading sunlight, and the boundaries of mortal life on a quiet journey toward eternity. Haunting yet strangely peaceful, it turns Dickinson’s meditation on mortality into a cinematic reflection on surrender, mystery, and what may wait beyond the final road.