Rose clouds of holocaust   Rose clouds of lies   Rose clouds of bitter   Bitter, bitter lies      And, when the angels of ignorance   Fall down from your eyes   Rose clouds of holocaust   Rose clouds of lies...      Rose clouds of twilight truth   Rose clouds of night   Rose clouds of harvested   (love, all alight)      And, when the ashes of life   Fall down from the skies   Rose clouds of holocaust   Rose clouds of lies...      And, festivals end   As festivals must   From the hooded crows of Rome   To the falcons of Zagreb   Oh, mother victim of Jesus   Lie down in Sydney's dust   For, festivals end   As festivals must