I Mourn These Yellowed Leaves

I breathe in these tattered woes
 The autumn scent of a thousand scattered souls
 Painted memories, I trace the lines of etched in scars
 Faded memories and jaded hearts
 I mourn their time here and their harvest arrival
 The gathered bundles in the coming winds
 Their time here is through
 Into the flames to be consumed
 The colours change, the light becomes the dark
 Sun-washed now fades to a yellow hue
 Much like time has come for them
 With handfuls of earth, I gather the leaves
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 Despite the fertile soil below
 These leaves have no means for life
 They can only be how they were designed
 A blanket to the dampened ground
 A safe place to insects and bones
 They can only be how they were designed
 A veil to the earth below
 A veil to the earth below
 A veil to the earth below
 A veil to the earth below
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 I breathe these tattered woes
 The autumn scent of a thousand scattered souls
 Painted memories, I trace the lines of etched in scars
 Faded memories and jaded hearts
 I mourn their time here and harvest arrival
 The gathered bundles in the coming winds
 Their time here is through
 Into the flames to be consumed
 I breathe in these tattered woes
 The autumn scent of a thousand scattered souls
 Painted memories, I trace the lines of etched in scars
 Faded memories and jaded hearts
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 The fires are lit, night is now drawing in
 We've settled down to try and warm ourselves
 Everything is dying now, only to be reborn again
 But now we must wait, the seasons can't be rushed
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 They flutter down like angels who've lost their wings
 Does that mean that the hell is the ground on which we are standing?
 The colours change, the light becomes the dark
 Sun-washed now fades to a yellow hue
 Much like time has become for them
 With handfuls of earth, I gather the leaves