The Cycle is Clear

Lyrics -


Well I stand here watching
As this unfolds
The endless verse
Of histories rhyme
It can be hard to notice
As the seasons they change
But the cycle is clear
When you play the long game

You don’t have to look far
When your using your eyes
It’s takes time to see it
But the signs they are there
Like a hurricane begins
With a small breeze
The winter begins with
The first falling leaf

(Chorus)
Mankind wasn’t born to sell or serve
I’m watching him slipping away
Nature she howls from the depths of her soul
As he loses his mothers tongue

For she watched him grow
From the very first day
She gave him abundance
And showed him the way
And he always showed thanks
For the things he would take
For the wind and the water
And the life blood she gave

But when I take a glance
At the world today
I can tell you there’s something
Man lost on the way
For he takes and he takes
Without meaning or shame
And he hoards it and sells it
For his own gain

(Chorus)

The faces have changed
And the language has too
But they wear the same mask
And they sing the same tune
With a melody that’s broken
And a spirit that’s dead
It ain’t hard to see it
For its all in their eyes

It’s these foul men
All throughout time
That come to break down
All the great things we build
They do it for themselves
And they’d watch the world burn
Well we’ll see how that fairs them
On judgment days morn

(Chorus)


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