Before the Fall
All the land is dark and muted
In the calm before the storm
And the trees are waiting, waiting,
Hardly dare to take a breath,
Now that summer´s almost over
And the roses bow their heads,
Lingering on life´s precepice,
Before the world leaps to its death.
Like a mouse trapped in a corner
Waiting for the cat to spring,
Like a boy on his first school day,
Loath to leave his mother´s side,
There´s a strange anticipation
Hovering in the humid air,
A ship, caught in horse latitudes
When the summer winds have died.
An old woman turns and tosses,
Starved for sleep yet restless still,
and a young man at his window
Loses form and wails aloud;
But the sound sinks in the darkness,
Swallowed up and no one hears,
Not a star shines, for the heaven´s
wrapped up in a misty shroud.
Not an animal is moving,
Not a bird stirs in its nest,
Just the demons are out roaming
Trying to lead us all astray:
Veiling all the world in darkness,
And in the dark is born the truth
That the Fall wakes us from sleep
So we can start a fresh new day...
This is a song which will be part of my CD "Sunwise", whenever I manage to get it done. I have written songs inspired by the seasons and the 12 signs of the zodiac.
