When they closed the last shopping mall

Crickets sang in crumbling walls

Termites ate through the doors

And rabbits hopped along the floors



The empty shelves swarmed with bees

Cash machines sprouted weeds

Lizards crawled the parking lot

Swallows flew the empty shops



And there was peace in the valley once again



Plants grew up the mannequins

Painting them with leafy skin

Clear plastic eyes fell to the floor

And were carried off by wild boars



All the mirrors cracked in half

When wild horses galloped past

And mourning doves built their nests

On the escalator steps



And there was peace in the valley once again

And there was peace in the valley once again