[Intro]
When pastures are liberated from the graze of locusts
Golden horizons will reveal vestiges of decaying monuments
In oceans of ephemerality we seek to become imperishable
In streams of eternity our immortality is fleeting
When this life fades I'll be at rest, for I'll have detached myself from my worthless legacies
I have cherished my possessions and I have forsaken simplicity
[Interlude]
Materialization of the spiritual and spiritualization of the material
[Verse 1]
I hope they sear the pillars and great walls of my Alexandria
I hope they sear the pillars and great walls of my Alexandria
[Verse 2]
We waste our days assembling
We waste our days assembling vast shrines upon disbanding sands, disbanding sands
Our greatest accomplishments consist of having conquered empires of stone
Empires of stone
Empires
Empires of stone
[Chorus]
When this life fades I'll be at rest
When this life fades I'll be at rest
[Bridge]
All the glory in the world can be gathered in a grain of corn
All the glory in the world can be gathered in a grain of corn
All the glory in the world can be gathered in a grain of corn
All the glory in the world can be gathered in a grain of corn
A grain of corn
A grain of corn
[Outro]
Within the illusion of a reality and the reality of an illusion
An illusion
Within the illusion of a reality and the reality of an illusion
Constellations remain invisible but not nonexistent
Let's build, let's build a sphinx of meaning, meaning of a sphinx, let's build, let's build a sphinx, meaning that never should weather
Let's build, let's build a sphinx of meaning, meaning of a sphinx, meaning that never should weather