Silent Planet - Inherit The Earth lyrics

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 pa**. 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 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 intervention An exhibition of erudition Find me here, Son of Man. How far we fall...