Spires in the South (Live) - Brown Box Trio

Ash to ash, dust to dust End at last, time is done Ash to ash, dust to dust End at last, time is done We revelled in starlight, we lay beneath Lucifer's gaze We were here, destroying, creating Taking what was and wasn't ours as we pleased We loved carelessly, sweat and pleasure exploding in a decadent vortex We wrote the symphonies of the seven seas We sang the songs of the wind We conducted the resplendent cacophonies Of the planets whirling overhead The way is shut, the path is lost, the bond is rust From ash to ash, from dust to dust, the end at last The way is shut, the path is lost, the bond is rust The end at last, my time is done, my time is done Ascending from nothing, a little spark in the abyss Through lifetimes, we set the world ablaze Burning bridges without a thought We were gods amongst men Invincible, immortal, immoral gluttons feasting on the Symphonies of the seven seas We sang the songs of the wind When the heart has shed a thousand paper skins The soul will know its twin The way is shut, the path is lost, the bond is rust From ash to ash, from dust to dust, the end at last The way is shut, the path is lost, the bond is rust The end at last, my time is done, my time is done How does it feel to have all you wanted No more mountains to climb, no cliffs left to dive Far from a home that will never be again You are an imitator trapped in a fortress Built on falsely placed worship Earth, give me your strength Skies, lend me your range Moon, lend me your light Stars, guide my way No seas too deep, no waves too high No storms too rough, no journey too far May winds fill my sails and stoke the fires in my heart I will never go home I burned that bridge long ago Drained, now full of hate, I go on Fuelled by the only truth I know The way is shut, the path is lost, the bond is rust From ash to ash, from dust to dust, the end at last The way is shut, the path is lost, the bond is rust The end at last, my time is done, my time is done I will never go home I burned that bridge long ago Drained, now full of hate, I go on Fuelled by the only truth I know

In South Australia I was born To me heave away, haul away In South Australia round Cape Horn We're bound for South Australia Haul away you rolling kings To me heave away, haul away Haul away, you'll hear me sing We're bound for South Australia As I walked out one morning fair To me heave away, haul away 'Twas there I met Miss Nancy Blair I shook her up and I shook her down To me heave away, haul away I shook her round and round the town I run her all night and I run her all day To me heave away, haul away And I run her until we sailed away There ain't but one thing grieves me mind To me heave away, haul away To leave Miss Nancy Blair behind And as we wallop around Cape Horn To me heave away, haul away You'll wish to God you'd never been born In South Australia my native land To me heave away, haul away Full of rocks and thieves and fleas and sand I wish I was on Australia's strand To me heave away, haul away With a bottle of whiskey in my hand