The Day

The trees gave up their roots
And the lepers left their caves
All the rattlesnakes came down from the mountains
And the kings all became slaves
On the day that my lord came
The fire split the beams
The wall's coming down
The day my lord came

The tears filled up my eyes
So the curtain has been drawn
To lay to waste this land (to me)
It's like the beauty of the breakin' of the dawn
And as a black hand swept across the earth
I know that the day came
When the fish float on the water with their bellies up
I know, I know, that the day came

All the rattlesnakes came down from the mountains
And the kings all became slaves
The trees gave up their roots from the earth
And the lepers left their caves
On the day that my lord came

The coyotes left their dens
The horses left their stables
And they bowed down to the ground
Every creature that was able
A blanket of moss will cover the earth
And I'll know that the day came

It's the changing of the guards
Time to start anew
The old gods have all failed
And their succesors too
My king, my king will wipe the slate clean
Houses become tombs
My king, my king will take what grows
In every woman's womb
Make it his own

My king he is displeased
To be forgotten and alone
And the ones who came before
Well the valley gets filled with their bones
I am a storm brewing up in the east, the west
From every direction at once