I was summoned this morning - who knows who or why
Called out by the silence of the whispering city
Called out to come and watch the light grow
To sit in silence; icy feet, icy toes

As the drunks cuddled up together in bed
     Alone I sat by the sea
As their passions resolved, and their hangovers grew
     Alone I sat by the sea

For this is time to escape to the North
Where the birds hide their secrets desperately from us
Like the world of before, whose life still exists
And each death is but change - no me, and no you

And we cannot get their together you see,
Nor travel alone. For we've always been
Like the waves of the sea: Separate, yet everywhere
As we are to the earth that separates us
It is only if we believe. From ashes to ashes
Dust to dust, until the end of time.