As the Earth opened and swallowed her body As the sky came down and hid my tears As my soul turned black and darkness swallowed me As the red leaves fell to the cold, wet ground
The ghost of her memory In all that I see I gaze into the water I can almost reach her hand When my fingers touch the surface and her face disappears All that remains are the waves Crashing against the shore
As daylight fled and night came to be As the moon awoke and lit the pale stone As my cries were lost, amidst the screaming wind As the vision of her leaving, haunted my dreams
As the days went by and the leaves joined the earth As the autumn departed and brought the cold of winter
A life once lived, a life that was lost Like all on this Earth that come to an end They wither and die... so too did we