Return To Dust

True blue star, would you stay in my heart?

Or will you fool me once again?



Time to remember and forget

The love you gave, the deep regret

And in the end, return to dust

And in the end, return we must



The verse, the bridge, the one refrain

The turn, the happiness, the pain

When I am stripped of everything

I have the plainsong left to sing



What do you want to be?

Will you grow up like me?

What do I have to defend?

Where will I go in the end?



Growing old, it's hard to be the angry young man

Turn away, turn and walk away



Beyond profane and holy word

A thought profound, but never heard

With all compassion in your eyes

You cast me downward from the sky



Feeling the earth moving under my feet

All that was firm is collapsing

Eyes going blind, all is silent. Peace.