Behold Behold ’Tis Autumn

I
I went on the highway one Easter Day
Where the people once dwelt on westward their way
There by myself I kneel’t down and prayed
That all would be forgotten
For my head has grown sick but my whole heart is faint
Behold Behold ’Tis Autumn

II
The orchids are drowned in the moons blood tide
Where the lilies once bloomed down by the seaside
Yes all of creation will meet its demise
When morning’s spell has fallen
The shadows will curtain the cities bright eyes
Behold Behold ’Tis Autumn

III
I’ll drink for the restless, ill toast to the learned
I’ll drink to my love with a gaze so stern
There ain’t much to do but watch it all burn
And no one knows when it’s stoppin’
Feeble youth leaves feeble ashes in the urn
Behold Behold ’Tis Autumn

IV
Prelude’s to judgment, the whole worlds on trial
This place is a wasteland since the plagues hit the nile
With loss of one life all life is defiled
The fruits of spring are rotten
Im afraid that we’ve grown so desolate and vile
Behold Behold ’Tis Autumn

V
I sat with my countrymen as the dawn slipped past
I think I should’ve known that fair spring wouldn’t last
They fell and they faded as the hour grew fast
And flashes fell upon them
Each and every soul was extinguish’d with a crash
Behold Behold ’Tis Autumn