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, Bands 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 turned snow; my senses shook numb,

I've nothing show but a rain -- stained book that once contained my literary
Charades: Now 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 altar of human invention, an exhibition of erudition.
Find me here, Son of Man.

How far we fall...