Dream III - Lìthos

hoson zeis, phainou
medèn holos sy lypou
pròs oligon esti to zen
tò télos ho chronos apaitei.

Like the sea eats the shore
Like the wind smoothes the mountain
Time takes all
Like the sea eats the shore
Like the wind smoothes the mountain
Sand will draw us all
And time will take its toll

Golden towers and sanctuaries
Glory of ancient days
Crumbling away
Everything we made’ll kneel
To Entropy

These marble halls are only dust
The newborn’s cry, an epitaph

Hear the echo in the wind
Arcane song
A plea to live from a gravestone
A long-lasting sign
All the same to fade
Nothing to escape the curse of Time

Our future is already past
It’s gone so fast

Moments come to pass
Slipping through my hands
Wasted, unknown
Overwhelmed, I drown
Buried by the sands
Of the hourglass
Every moment one grain closer
To the end of time, to death

Traces left in history
Are but a ghost
Libraries are burnt down, lost
Love’s brightest fire
Joy and dearest bonds
Beauty and poetry
All will die

We dance with death, but it won’t last
She will not halt

Moments come to pass
Slipping through my hands
Wasted, unknown
Overwhelmed, I drown
Buried by the sands
Of the hourglass
Every moment one grain closer
To the end of time

In the dance of entropy
Still we strive
To leave a trace, a seed behind
Is it worth the fight?
Is it worth the pain?
If it’s all vain, why survive?

The melody of life is just
An epitaph

Moments come to pass
Slipping through my hands
Wasted, unknown
Overwhelmed, I drown
Buried by the sands
Of the hourglass
Every moment one grain closer
To the end of time

Like the sea eats the shore
Like the wind smoothes the mountain
Time takes all
Like the sea eats the shore
So the Scythe reaps the harvest
Sand will draw us all
And time will take its toll