imperium III

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		this life of man is but a span
		we all come down in fields of rape

		our little eyes do glitter like the sun
		but the leaves do wither
		and the branches decay
		and all are born of
		will soon fall away
		he gave me honey
		all mixed with gold
		he gave me words
		envowed with awe
		he gave me a delicate gown to wear
		all stitched with sorrow
		and hemmed with fear
		and twisted steel and broken wheels
		
		in a million years ten million years
		i curse all gold and silver
		this life of man is but a span
		we all come down in fields of rape
		
		as thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit
		nor how the bones do grow
		in the womb of her that is with child
		even so thou knowest not the words of God who maketh all
		in the morning sow thy seed
		and in the evening withhold and apprehend
		for thou knowest not whether she'll prosper
		this or that
		or whether they should both be
		
		in a million years ten million years
		i curse all gold and silver
		
		remember now thy creator in the days of life
		how evil days come out
		and the years go by
		then thou shalt see
		i had no pleasure
		how the sun or the light
		or the moon and the stars be all darkened
		how the clouds return after the rain
		in the day when the kings of the house shall tremble
		and the strong men shall bow themselves
		and the quiet de-cease for there are few
		and those who are gone to the windows be darkened
		and the door shall be shut on the streets
		when the sound of the quiet days
		and we shall summon the voice of the birds
		and all the daughters of music
		shall be brought low
		and men shall be afraid of that which is high
		and fear shall be in the way
		and the almond tree shall flourish
		and the grasshopper shall be a burden
		and desire shall fail
		because man goeth to his long home
		and the mourners go about the streets
		or ever the silver gone be loose
		or the golden bone be broken
		or the pigeon be broken at the fountain
		or the wheel broken in the system
		then shall the dust return to the earth as it was
		and the spirit shall return into God who gave it

		vanity of vanity sayeth good job
		all is vanity
		all is vanity
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