Objects Outlive Us: The Cicerones/Ark

by Steven Wilson

From the album: The Overview

Duration: 03:42

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Lyrics for Objects Outlive Us: The Cicerones/Ark

Back then, in time, we spoke, up for, the Earth The truth, the proof, but in, our hearts, the words We used, were not, to break, or kill, this spell Only, to warn, to track, the dark, that fell And now, here we, be the, few that, survive The ones, who knew, look back, in our, hindsight Knowing, always, there would, should be, an end Knowing, it was, just a, question, of when Each of, these souls, just on in a billion Each of, the stars, just one, in a trillion We move, on through, so dead, the void And still, back there, in dust, the Earth, destroyed Back then, in time, we spoke, up for, the Earth The truth, the proof, but in, our hearts, the words We used, were not, to break, or kill, this spell Only, to warn, to track, the dark, that fell And now, here we, be the, few that, survive The ones, who knew, look back, in our, hindsight Knowing, always, there would, should be, an end Knowing, it was, just a, question, of when Each of, these souls, just on in a billion Each of, the stars, just one, in a trillion We move, on through, so dead, the void And still, back there, in dust, the Earth, destroyed

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