What does everyone think of the lyrics, just out of curiosity?
I quite like them, but an acquaintance of mine told me that "The Spirit Carries On" was the low-point of Scenes from a Memory for him because the lyrics pretty much consisted of "a guy asking all these really general, cliche questions". However, I did explain to him that they were improved when listened to in the context of the album's story (which he hadn't paid attention to). Still, though, I think a big part of the reason why I enjoy them is because they speak to me on a personal level (being a Christian and, by extension, a believer in an afterlife), and I wonder how I would've responded to them if weren't a theist, even with the consideration of the song's surrounding context.