The empty streets   The songs of twilight   The clouds at rest   The churchbells chiming   A scarecrow shudders   And some birds tremble   I looked at you and saw it's time      The faded flowers   The faded pictures   Of faded lives   Your body waiting   And unfulfilled   With no regrets   And empty heart   And head in hands   I heard them say today it's time      The sunset heavy   On mother mountain   The cattle lowing   The cattle dreaming   The endless rain   In haunted airs   Your loss of hope   We were shown   We were shown it's only time      The smell of rain   The twilight leaning   Against your lips   Waterwheels turning   The forests brooding   You took my hand   And pointed full of pain   That fishes dying   You see the sign that this was time      I waited years for you   Or so it seemed   And stumbled through your world   Praying for just one kiss   To stop my fall from grace   And shelter in your palm   You gave me everything   Both lock and key   The oilclouds see it's only time      If I could have one wish   As in the fairytales   I would unmake my past   And rise like Lazarus   And stand in sunlight   And banish all the dark   That locked my face away   And say to you again   Oh that   That was only time      So willow weep not for me   And oak bend not for me   Though others died for us   And in our place   Though in the secret heart   Raw wound, raw source of all   I heard the news today   Whispered in the dark   At last   At last we know it's time      I knew at last it's only time   I'll come in glory      End of story