I don't know how anyone gets death out of that. "Can't we just pursue our lives, with our children and our wives, till that happy day arrives..."
It's clearly talking about the day when people can just pursue their lives with children and wives. I don't think there's anything more to it than that. The list that follows shows how much there is to overcome, and it would be so "happy" to not have to deal with all of that, but that's not what life is. It ties back to the whole theme of wishing for something and finding getting that isn't going to make you happy. "All the wolves, all the lies, the false hopes, the goodbyes, the revereses." -- life doesn't exist without that, but we keep hoping for the day when we can live happy and secure.
I don't see death anywhere in that at all...
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.