“Autumn” is a meditation on facing the final decades of one’s life. The narrator is both preparing himself for the end while cherishing his remaining years.
[Verse 1]
Run, run
Catch the sun before he slips away
Oh, winter
Unreason's cold, tenacity
Pause your nature, dance with me
One more autumn day
[Verse 2]
Come, Prudence
Come, reason, to chase my light away
Catch me, catch me
No, not this day
[Verse 2]
Twilight fall upon all souls
Darkening our skin and bone
Soon I'll follow Prudence home
Until then, just let me chase this sun
[Chorus]
Soon enough I'll go, a winters way
Soon enough, though not this day
Soon enough I'll go, a winters way
Soon enough
[Bridge]
Stay the winter, oh, one more day
Leave me to my child's play
[Chorus]
Soon enough I'll go your way
Dance with me, oh, one more autumn day
Soon enough I'll go your way
Soon enough
[Outro]
Soon enough, though not this day
Autumn was written by Carina Round & Mat Mitchell & Maynard James Keenan.
Autumn was produced by Mat Mitchell & Maynard James Keenan.