The Ravages of Time Lyrics

I was much too far out all my life and not waiting but drowning

First there is an Ocean
Then there is no Ocean then there is,and then we have a mountain range,and then a plain and a range again
Last there is a desert,then a fertile plain then dry again
Once there was a people then there were none then some more did live

Then there was a city then a pile of rocks and a town again,then they made a weapon
That destroyed the lot in a cloud of rain,then they raised a temple,to a god who died and failed them
Then they left and travelled far and then they flew back home again

In the gardens of the dead,when the disembodied entity said
Let there be body let there be mind let there be man unkind

She gave the reasoning to me,and now the guilt is all on me

I can the world the ravages of time will seek you out
I can tell the world the savageness of mind will find you out

And the knowledge that I have gained
Has been lost again and again and again
But it's really all the same
All that has changed is the name

She gave the reasoning to me,and now the guilt is all on me

I can the world the ravages of time will seek you out
I can tell the world the savageness of mind will find you out