The trees gave up their up their roots

And the lepers left their caves

All the rattlesnakes came down from the mountain

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

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 knew

That that day came



When the fish float on the water

With their bellies up

I'll know, I'll know

That that day came



All the rattlesnakes came down from the mountain

And the kings all became slaves

The trees gave up their 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 to 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 shifting of the guard

Time to start anew

The old gods have all failed

And their successors too

My king, my king

Will wipe the slate clean

Houses become tombs

My king, my king

Will take the fruit of every single womb

And make it his own



My king, he is displeased

To be forgotten and alone

And the ones who came before

Well the valley is filled

With their bones

I am the storm brewing up from the east

From the west

From every direction at once