Edifice in a Field

We left the building

Left some in tears

Left behind the links and love of years

We had to leave

We'd look up and see

The top levels rotten

Built on the obscene

They burned our bridges for us

Flames lit from either end

They burned our bridges for us

Flames lit from either end

We stood among the smoke

Holding hands out to our friends

We kept solidarity

Not content to leave

But trying to keep

A pathway clear

For those beset by grief

The building was crumbling

They tried to open doors

But ruined the integrity

By knocking holes in walls

Now we're in a new space

But nothing really changed

The focus is no different

Just the deckchairs rearranged

They spurn those left behind as rusted

The building was crumbling

We had to make our way

But not to watch our travelers

Construct more feet of clay

Have no lessons been learned?

Have we left behind

A crumbling monolith

Just to spend our time constructing

Another edifice in a field?

Have no lessons been learned?

Bow down

Bow down

But what direction are you facing?

They turn their whole attention

To the edifice in the field

Bow down

Bow down

What direction are you facing?

Bow down

They turn their whole attention

To the edifice in the field

Bow down

Bow down

What direction are you facing?

Bow down

Bow down

To the edifice in the field