[Silence]
[Arrangement: Increasing tempo, cinematic rock with tribal toms, resonant piano, Hammond organ, soaring guitar, and a gradual build from solemn reflection to triumphant renewal.]
[Intro]
Ashes to ashes
(Dust to dust)
We all…
(…fall…)
And begin…
(…to rise again…)
Hear ‘er comin’!
[Verse 1]
This old mountain
(Had a birth)
All we gain
(Belongs to Earth)
Stone to sand
(Sand to clay)
What is ever
(Thrown away?)
The rivers carve
(The oceans call)
Time keeps shaping
(One and all)
What seems forever
(Changes slow)
Back to where
(We used to know)
[Chorus]
All that we’ve known
(Returns to stone)
Each seed we’ve sown
(Returns to stone)
Life keeps borrowing
(From the ground)
Only to return
(Full circle round)
[Refrain]
When it’s time
(To go back home)
…return to stone
Found reason in rhyme
(Now it’s time)
…return to stone
[Verse 2]
Stars grew heavy
(Long ago)
Forged the atoms
(That we know)
Carbon, calcium
(Iron bone)
What is heartbeat
(Once was stone)
Mountains weather
(Forests grow)
Living rivers
(Come and go)
Little leaves
(The greater whole)
Life’s journey
(Feeds the soul)
[Bridge]
Ashes to ashes
(Dust to dust)
We all…
(…fall…)
And begin…
(…to rise again…)
Stone becomes
(Soil and tree)
Tree becomes
(You and me)
[Instrumental]
[Slow Guitar Solo]
[Organ Swell]
[Piano Crescendo]
[Breakdown]
When it’s time
(To go back home)
…return to stone
Found reason in rhyme
(Now it’s time)
…return to stone
[Final Refrain]
When it’s time
(To go back home)
…return to stone
Found reason in rhyme
(Now it’s time)
…return to stone
[Outro]
Ashes to ashes…
(Dust to dust…)
Round we’ve found…
Stones a must
(You’re not alone)
Found reason in rhyme
(Now it’s time)
…return to stone
From the album “What’s in a Name“