[00:01.04]SECOND PERSON –"THE ELEMENTS"
[00:05.324]EARTH
[00:06.525]And so the clock strikes twelve as we find ourselves
[00:09.620]In a sphere of a clearing in a navy light
[00:12.312]There are no stars,just the bars of a car 's headlights
[00:15.560]On the leaves in the dead of the night
[00:17.657]Silhouette suits step out of the shadows
[00:20.444]Into the arena where the cameras roll
[00:22.868]See their shoulders strain below the weight of the spades
[00:25.615]Stereo plays for a funeral
[00:28.836]They say the moon is nearly full
[00:34.123]They see their eyes are nearly dry
[00:39.479]They know how wonderful,how wonderful it is
[00:43.727]To be alive tonight
[00:48.382]I leave myself to the earth
[00:53.816]To the air
[00:56.524]To the ashes
[00:58.660]It 's my time
[01:01.492]It 's my design
[01:04.160]It 's my turn
[01:09.688]And I know I won 't be loved
[01:15.06]Won 't be saved
[01:17.788]Won 't be noticed
[01:20.320]Until I learn to love
[01:25.601]I hate to learn
[01:53.552]To my best beloved I do bequeath
[01:56.257]All the anguish and the irony
[01:58.921]And all the things we never meant
[02:01.408]And those we set out to prevent
[02:04.289]I leave myself to the earth
[02:06.663]To the air
[02:31.06]To the ashes
[02:34.881]It 's my time
[02:37.335]It 's my design
[02:40.99]It 's my turn
[02:45.607]And I know I won 't be loved
[02:50.767]Won 't be saved
[02:53.230]Won 't be noticed
[02:56.271]Until I learn to love
[03:01.387]I hate to learn
[03:30.258]This is my early grave
[03:33.704]Where I wait for the light to let me in
[03:41.486]Here it comes around again
[03:49.614]And I say
[03:52.322]Let the light shows and the sounds
[03:57.474]Of the orchestra begin
[04:02.782]My eternal requiem
[04:14.17]For an early grave.