The Ravages of Time

I was much too far out all my life and not waving but drowning 

First there is an ocean then there is no ocean then there is 
And then we have a mountain range and then a plain and a range again 
Last there is a desert then a fertile plain then dry again 
Once there was a people then there were none then some more did live 

Then there was a city then a pile of rocks and a town again 
Then they made a weapon that destroyed the lot in a cloud of rain 
Then they raised a temple to a god who died and failed them 
Then they left and travelled far and then they flew back home again 

In the gardens of the dead when the disembodied entity said 
Let there be body let there be mind let there be man unkind
She gave the reasoning to me and now the guilt is all on me 

I entered in & my seed spread generations spawned from the visions in my head 
We raised it up and we pulled it down we advertised and marketed up town 
She gave the reasoning to me and now the guilt is all on me 

I can tell the world the ravages of time will seek you out 
I can tell the world the savageness of mind will find you out 

I was destroyed and I lived again my unborn children strengthening the strain 
Countless lives marching throughout time marking out the details of my crime 
She gave the reasoning to me and now the guilt is all on me 

I can tell the world the ravages of time will seek you out 
I can tell the world the savageness of mind will find you out 

And the knowledge that I have gained has been lost again and again and again 
But it's really all the same all that has changed is the name 
She gave the reasoning to me and now the guilt is all on me 

I can tell the world the ravages of time will seek you out 
I can tell the world the savageness of mind will find you out