Rock Songs with lyrics about Hell

"Only Your Dyin' Will Tell"

I began by quoting the words of John Lennon in his song "Imagine." Let me end by quoting the words of a song made famous by another rock group, this one called Blood, Sweat and Tears. In the 60s they wrote a song called "And When I Die" that hit the top of the charts. The song grabs the mind because it speculates on what happens after we die. One verse contains these words: "I swear there ain't no heaven and I pray there ain't no hell, but you'll never know by living, only your dyin' will tell."

I can't vouch for the first part of that sentence, but the last part is exactly right. You'll never know the truth about heaven and hell until the moment you die, and then it will be too late to do anything about it.

Imagine There's No Heaven

Not everyone does. The Beatles have been back in the news this week because the three surviving members of the band got together and recording vocals to some tracks laid down by John Lennon before he was shot to death. Perhaps you recall these words by John Lennon from the song "Imagine": "Imagine there's no heaven; it's easy if you try. No hell below us--above us only sky."

These famous words invite us to imagine a world in which there is no heaven or hell. Lennon seems to suggest that if we all agreed to imagine away certain unpleasant realities, we could create utopia on earth.