Sullen Earth

Night falls swiftly upon this sullen earth*

Nothing lasts

Tomorrow all is gone

Tomorrow all is one

Again

All around I see rebirth

Decay

It cannot last

Tomorrow all is gone

Tomorrow all is one

Again

Nothing lasts

Tomorrow all is gone

Time passed us slowly long ago

Within the woods and fields we roamed

Our joyful voices carried far away

To echo around the trees and stones

And in the end return us home

The glow of summer evenings falling on our way

But childhood ends

The wars begin

We chase our dreams we break

We mend

Then wonder what became of yesterday

We make decisions through our pain

And bow our heads to run through flames

As revolution finds us once again

We know we each must walk as all must walk

We each must walk alone

And we all must stand

Blindly with our outstretched hands

To face this world alone

Where is the life we longed for

What happened to the dreams we dreamed together

Where is the hope we longed for

What happened to those dreams now lost forever

All alone in mourning

Is there any more

See the leaves are falling

Lost forevermore

As the fires are burning

Only ash remains

Today as always

Dust to dust again

Again

Take me away

Take me so far away

When I lie in the earth

I so loved to roam

As it takes to itself my broken form

I'm falling away

Falling so far away

As I sink ever deeper I cry to you

Lift me out of the depths of this sullen earth