Wild Autumn Wind Lyrics

Caladan Brood Wild Autumn Wind

Across the plains come drifts of sand From graves of water and tombs of man The hollow weight of history Desiccated and blowing free

In the wake, all is dust

The bones of beasts and the bones of kings Become dust in the wake of the hymn Mighty kingdoms rise, but they all will fall No more than a breath on the wind

Spectres and gods adrift in the wild, mournful wind Vast cycles unfold across the span of æons Colossal keeps consumed and left as burial mounds And even stars will fade into empyrean shrouds

In ashen vaults, on parchment scrolls The echoed verses state soft the toll

In the wake, all is dust

Vast desolation Silent grave of æons

Revenants watch from cold cosmic towers Glimmering eyes of jade bear final witness

Temples crumble as the great wheel turns Ground to dust Monuments and megaliths unnamed Fall the same Earth and sky enrobed in deathless void Endless night Worm of Autumn claims its final throne

The bones of beasts and the bones of kings Become dust in the wake of the hymn Mighty kingdoms rise, but they all will fall No more than a breath on the wind