Cut out of a Mountain

It was a rock,

Cut out of a mountain.

Not by human hands.

It was a rock,

Cut out of a mountain.

Do you understand?

 

[Musical introduction]

 

The wind blows in the north.

The wind blows in the south,

Eventually we all strike out,

And everything we care about

Goes flying in the wind.

 

It was a rock,

Cut out of a mountain.

Not by human hands.

It was a rock,

Cut out of a mountain.

Do you understand?

 

Everything that we have done,

However great, the time will come.

We build it tall.

We build it strong,

But it will fall,

Before too long.

Everything that we have made

Is doomed to fail, and then to fade.

Everything that we have built

Will break and let us down.

 

We work the long day through,

But what good does it do?

We hurry forth, we hurry back,

Running on our weary track,

Until it's gone again.

 

It was a rock,

Cut out of a mountain.

Not by human hands.

It was a rock,

Cut out of a mountain.

Do you understand?

 

Everything that we have done,

However great, the time will come.

We build it tall.

We build it strong,

But it will fall,

Before too long.

Everything that we have made

Is doomed to fail, and then to fade.

Everything that we have built

Will break and let us down.

 

[musical outro]

 

Do you understand?

It was a mountain...

Do you understand?

It was a mountain...

[repeat, fading to silence]