The Oldest Wind
[Verse 1]
I never speak to god
So other hunters ask me what I'm feedin' off
Same lean meat that keeps the cheetah strong
I'm not a crescent I'm an equinox
At peace with all the trees and
Flocks of geese across the seas
I'm lost until the reaper knocks
All my people lost, harvests unreaped
Milk so sour, poison so sweet
Some lovers will never meet, some foes we can't defeat
Some lessons we can't teach, some shores we'll never reach

[Hook]
Time is a wind that will scatter us all
Someday the strongest man's gonna fall
White whales, found and lost
White veils... black shawls...
Landslides start with a pebble so small
Avalanche trample the castle walls
Wise man dies... child crawls...
Time is a wind that will gather us all
[Verse 2]
Time is a wind and I'm flying
Riding beside ancient empires fighting, catapults firing
Desert sands sliding stormy seas rising
Villagers dying and pyres lighting
Sails unfurl it's the passage of the vikings
Green lies the new world a bright sun is shining
Drums on the horizon, warriors crying
Crumbling ash forests, iron peaks climbing

[Verse 3]
What you wanna be when you grow up son
Wind turns the page for everyone
Wrinkle like a canyon down your face
Reckless abandon, breathless pace
So slow it down, as if you could
Watch cities grow where forests stood
Nevermore will the eagle soar
Man pays his toll with the wage of war

[Hook]