[Silence]<\/p>\n
[Arrangement: Increasing tempo, cinematic rock with tribal toms, resonant piano, Hammond organ, soaring guitar, and a gradual build from solemn reflection to triumphant renewal.]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\nAshes to ashes
\n(Dust to dust)
\nWe all…
\n(…fall…)<\/p>\n
And begin…
\n(…to rise again…)<\/p>\n
Hear ‘er comin’!<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nThis old mountain
\n(Had a birth)
\nAll we gain
\n(Belongs to Earth)<\/p>\n
Stone to sand
\n(Sand to clay)
\nWhat is ever
\n(Thrown away?)<\/p>\n
The rivers carve
\n(The oceans call)
\nTime keeps shaping
\n(One and all)<\/p>\n
What seems forever
\n(Changes slow)
\nBack to where
\n(We used to know)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nAll that we’ve known
\n(Returns to stone)
\nEach seed we’ve sown
\n(Returns to stone)<\/p>\n
Life keeps borrowing
\n(From the ground)
\nOnly to return
\n(Full circle round)<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nWhen it’s time
\n(To go back home)
\n…return to stone<\/p>\n
Found reason in rhyme
\n(Now it’s time)
\n…return to stone<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nStars grew heavy
\n(Long ago)
\nForged the atoms
\n(That we know)<\/p>\n
Carbon, calcium
\n(Iron bone)
\nWhat is heartbeat
\n(Once was stone)<\/p>\n
Mountains weather
\n(Forests grow)
\nLiving rivers
\n(Come and go)<\/p>\n
Little leaves
\n(The greater whole)
\nLife’s journey
\n(Feeds the soul)<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\nAshes to ashes
\n(Dust to dust)
\nWe all…
\n(…fall…)<\/p>\n
And begin…
\n(…to rise again…)<\/p>\n
Stone becomes
\n(Soil and tree)
\nTree becomes
\n(You and me)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental]
\n[Slow Guitar Solo]
\n[Organ Swell]
\n[Piano Crescendo]<\/p>\n
[Breakdown]
\nWhen it’s time
\n(To go back home)
\n…return to stone<\/p>\n
Found reason in rhyme
\n(Now it’s time)
\n…return to stone<\/p>\n
[Final Refrain]
\nWhen it’s time
\n(To go back home)
\n…return to stone<\/p>\n
Found reason in rhyme
\n(Now it’s time)
\n…return to stone<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\nAshes to ashes…
\n(Dust to dust…)
\nRound we’ve found…
\nStones a must
\n(You’re not alone)
\nFound reason in rhyme
\n(Now it’s time)
\n…return to stone<\/p>\n