Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Spoken words, whispering]

Ashes to ashes - dust to dust

[Strophe 1]

The sky was red, the earth stood still,

A whisper ran across the hill.

What once was gold now fades to grey,

Another soul is called away.

[Strophe 2]

A crown will fall, a throne will rust,

The mighty bow, as all things must.

No sword, no stone can ever stay

The winds that sweep us all away.

[Refrain]

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,

All that we build, all that we trust.

When shadows fall and empires break,

The gods will judge what path we take.

[Strophe 3]

A mother's tears, a soldier’s name,

A fire dies, but leaves a flame.

The echoes live though voices cease,

And silence holds a kind of peace.

[Strophe 4]

We carve our marks on shifting sand,

Reach for the stars with mortal hand.

But stars fall too — and we are one

With moon and ash when all is done.

[Refrain]

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,

All that we build, all that we trust.

When shadows fall and empires break,

The gods will judge what path we take.

[Bridge]

Yet in the dark, a light may burn,

A seed may sleep, then still return.

From what was lost, new life may rise —

Like morning born from midnight skies.

So sing not just of grief and pain,

But of the sun beyond the rain.

Though dust we are, and dust remain,

The heart still dares to dream again.

[Refrain]

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,

All that we build, all that we trust.

When shadows fall and empires break,

The gods will judge what path we take.

(Ashes to ashes)

and

(dust to dust)