I'll never forget the day when someone
Threw my grandfather clock into the flames
Of a fire the size of the sun

The heat was dancing around in our eyes
As we watched from atop an eagle's nest
Laughing wildly at the cloudless sky

The tides of the sea lapped slowly back and forth
Gradually becoming more shallow
And leaving residue on the spotless shore

Our legs were gradually becoming weaker
We gradually lost out will to stand
As the dusk silently grew deeper

Cross-legged around a dead campfire
Embers floating hopelessly into the void
All were still and overcome with desire

Thunderheads moving over the moon and stars
We were clad in the rolling mist and mourning
For the lost days when the world was once ours

Black hole rising from a listless slumber
Until all that remain are shadows
And we slowly lose sight of one another

The crown uniformly took their seats
As ushers whisked by with a creaky cart
While everyone sat still and threw in their feet