Lyrics

[FOSSIL]

JUST PICTURE THE PAST
AND THE STORIES UNFOLD
FROM MARKINGS WE FIND
IN THE CAVES EONS OLD
A FOSSILIZED TIME
IN A WORLD NOW UNKNOWN
AND THOSE THAT LIVED HERE
FOLLOWED RULES BASED ON FEAR
THAT THEY PAINTED, IN STONE

[FOSSIL & ENSEMBLE]

THE PICTURES ARE FADED
SO JUST TO BE FAIR
THEY FILL IN THE BLANKS
WITH A GROWL AND A GLARE

TWO SIDES AT A DISTANCE
THE FIGURES REVEAL
THEY KEEP TO THEIR OWN
AND NO CONTACT IS SHOWN
‘TIL THE HUNGER
HAD GROWN

[ENSEMBLE/FOSSIL]

STAY AWAY/THE DIFFERENCES HARD TO SEE
STAY AWAY/BUT STILL THEY LIVED SEPARATELY
STAY AWAY/FOR WIND HAD ERODED THE
STAY AWAY/CAVE PAINTED HISTORY
IN THE HOT OF THE DAY AND THE COLD OF THE NIGHT/HOT
WE RUN FAST AND LONG UNDER CIRCLES OF LIGHT/OF DAY
IT’S A GIFT AND A CURSE , FOR EXHAUSTING OUR PREY/AWAY
WE HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF CAUSING EXTINCTION/AWAY

[FOSSIL & ENSEMBLE]

IT’S PAINTED IN STONE

STAY AWAY/TOO CLOSE TO THE FAULT, STAY CLEAR
STAY AWAY/JUST TURN AROUND, DISAPPEAR
AND WHAT IS YOUR CLAIM TO THE LAND
DON’T DARE COME OVER HERE

DON’T GET ANY CLOSER, DON’T BREATHE IN THE AIR
YOU’VE GOT THAT DISEASE, IT IS MARKED EVERYWHERE
AND WE KNOW YOU ARE DIFFERENT, THE PICTURES SAY SO
THE STORIES AND TEACHINGS FROM LONG LONG AGO
AND WE STOPPED GRUNTING QUESTIONS
WHEN WE GOT TOO OLD
IT IS ALL WE HAVE KNOWN, IT IS ALL WE WERE SHOWN
CARVED, ETCHED, SCRATCHED, MARKED
PAINTED IN STONE

STAY AWAY/THE GREAT ICE IT GRUMBLES
THERE’S SOMETHING IT KNOWS/IN STONE
STAY AWAY/FOR AS WE GET CLOSER
FEEL THE SHAKING THAT GROWS/IN STONE
STAY AWAY/OUR VOICES SCREAM LOUD
A DISSONANT TONE/IN STONE
WE MUST STAY APART
AND YES CLEARLY IT’S MARKED
IT IS PAINTED IN STONE