Inherit the Earth

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
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 I searched the clearing for that spark
 Hands 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 to 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 the reaching trees
 When a frigid shadow climbs right inside of me
 That specter of recompense
 It's a sound I 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