“They buried my body
And they thought I'd gone,
But I am the Dance,
And I still go on.”

— Sydney Carter

Lord of the Dance (1963)

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Sydney Carter 26

British musician and poet 1915–2004

Sydney Carter (1915–2004) British musician and poet

Written as an epitaph based upon his lyrics to "Lord of the Dance".

“Baby - thought I'd died and gone to heaven;
Such a night I never had before.
Thought I'd died and gone to heaven,
Cause what I got there ain't no cure for.”

Bryan Adams (1959) Canadian singer-songwriter

Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven
Song lyrics, Waking Up the Neighbours (1991)

“I realized that although everything by which I knew myself, even my body and this life itself, was gone, still I was fully aware!”

Ram Dass book Be Here Now

Be Here Now (1971)
Context: I realized that although everything by which I knew myself, even my body and this life itself, was gone, still I was fully aware! Not only that, but this aware "I" was watching the entire drama, including the panic, with calm compassion.
Instantly, with this recognition, I felt a new kind of calmness — one of a profundity never experienced before. I had just found that "I", that scanning device — that point — that essence — that place beyond. A place where "I" existed independent of social and physical identity. That which was I was beyond Life and Death. And something else — that "I" Knew — it really Knew. It was wise, rather than just knowledgeable. It was a voice inside that spoke truth. I recognized it, was one with it, and felt as if my entire life of looking to the outside world for reassurance — David Reisman's other-directed being, was over.