I suppose this thought is what lies behind the fascination that the Titanic has for so many people. And behind that lies the consciousness, which we put aside most of the time, that it's only a matter of time anyway for all of us.

As Hank Williams put "You'll never get out of this world alive."

You've got to admit it, you can't beat death in a song. In a nearby thread (RE: Mother Cat Dead - Kittens Live) Art Thieme asked whether people could think of songs about being born, and there weren't many came up. Whereas if you try to think of songs about death, they come pouring out from every direction.

As they say, the only two certain things about life are death and taxes - and you can sometimes dodge the taxes.