The Call

Staring high at the new green leaves
Witnessed a squirrel fall from the trees
It reminded me of something I know
It happened tomorrow ten minutes ago

Bumblebee stuck on the wrong side of the glass
Desperately trying to make a few days last
Buddy the beetle is making no ground
Flat on his back, legs waving around

It's the call
It's the eternal sadness from the great beyond
Everything's coming, everything's gone

Noble notions and lies made fools for fools
Their lives turned into other men's tools
Grown-up children playing high-stakes games
Make an example of your remains

Ghouls dance along the river of blood
Expect drowning in this kind of flood
Father's doubled over in the deepest despair
His son was beheaded on the town square

It's the call
It's the eternal sadness from the great beyond
Everything's coming, everything's gone

Build me a house, it took four years
Toil, sweat, and a couple of tears
Luckily enough, before it was done
Had me a wife that had me a son
Through thin skin see ribs and shoulder blades
Beneath a face far too good to be a maid
With all I know of all that's gone on before
Don't think I'll send him to fight rich men's war

It's the call
It's the eternal sadness from the great beyond
Everything's coming, everything's gone
It's the eternal sadness from the great beyond
Everything's coming, everything's gone