And when the land begins to call   The sprites they dance   The leaves they fall   The change's begun   and what remains   Not even thoughts ?not even names      We can remember can forget   We can achieve the highest aims   But we won't change the rules we're depending on   Now the freak of nature's holding up   the mirror to the haughty thoughts   Our brains are filled up   Don't you feel the earth is trembling to heal   the wounds we injured to her heart   The things are easy as they are      And when the land begins to call   The sprites they dance   The leaves they fall   The change's begun   and what remains   Not even thoughts ?not even names      And when the time begins to fade   The side-scene changes because it's late   We cannot keep ?we drop the ball   For now the land begins to call