THE FALL

I have seen it all

How many great men fall

Lo! it is here with me

Far it was from me or so it seemed

Alas, I wait in pain, nothing to gain but shame

For it happened that vanity was my bane

A moment of pleasure

And i lost the life that was given without measure

I despised purity

The result, Unfulfilled destiny

Now i know full well, that all is vanity

Yet I know i will answer to posterity

For i owed them a duty

It is not my dirge i sing

But for generations time will bring

And so it came

Earlier than anticipated, but it came

With icy hands and clenched teeth it came

Along the windy path it came

Without mercy it came

To lay its claim

And it shall come to pass,

That your truly shall cripple in death

Unto ashes he shall return

Unto the earth's bosom he shall disappear

Our voices he will no more hear

From dust he came, to dust he will disappear