Inherit the Earth

歌詞

After the fire, after the rain After the sacred kissed the profane When you came and left again Such a captivating pain After that night I left my comfort To find where your body lies I'd wander upon this grave then fall I'd fall inside I searched the clearing for that spark, hands sifted through the ash Knowing what we felt was real but some delusions never pass So I took shelter in the woods with the naked shaking trees Deciduous, fraternal twins, we're both wilted, stem and leaf Then the mist turned sleet into snow My senses shook numb, I've nothing to show But a rain-stained book that once contained My literary charades, new blots of ink, archetypal shapes and shades Bleed through each and every page And I ask myself, what's the weight of my life on the scales of eternity? We inherit the earth, we inherit the war I inhabit the wound, I dwell in the harm Oh, how far we fall; we're casualties of time Oh, how far we fall, begin to forgive existence Retreat back from reaching trees When a frigid shadow climbs right inside of me That specter of recompense It's a sound I've heard ever since Amidst the endless mortal strife And the constantly dying light The truth we felt from the start "How can I hold myself together when everything falls apart?" We inherit the earth, we inherit the war I inhabit the wound, I dwell in the harm Oh, how far we fall; we're casualties of time Oh, how far we fall, forgive existence I wandered upon the alter of human invention An exhibition of erudition, find me here (Son of Man) How far we fall