Only Our Shadows Remain

Frail as a line in the sand

We’ll write the tale of man

Slowly like leaves in decay

We’ll fade away

Flames lead the lost through the night

And still we drown the light

Under the ash of our past

The embers last

Through it all

Still shadows fall

Cast their shade on man

Dazed and worn

We gaze upon

All we build in vain

Only our shadows remain

We watched the dark arise

We felt the ground rumble

We looked beyond the skies

And left the earth as our mountains crumbled

They taught us all to climb

All while the mountains grew

They gave us grasp of time

To watch us long for our chance to go

Through it all

Still shadows fall

Cast their shade on man

Dazed and worn

We gaze upon

All we build in vain

Only our shadows remain

And now the shadows are falling

Hear the distant past calling

Taking charge of our weakened soul

In all that we do

And in the river of tears

We shed the weight of the years

While looking back on the things we did

And all that we knew

Here at the end

All that we were is now you

Still we go

Through it all

Still shadows fall

Cast their shade on man

Dazed and worn

We gaze upon

All we build in vain

Only our shadows remain