The ice is thin atop the flowing stream The blowing trees Turns in the sea Every step he takes he crunches gra** Forgotten past Nothing really matters Now he's feeling life has pa**ed him by Reasons why He starts to cry She left him without any reason to live Nothing to give Upon the echoing green [Instrumental break] All the moments have now faded to red Ambition bled Nothing lasts forever The linen land speaks with a lilting tongue It says "Take a rest You'll feel better." Memories are buried in the ground Waiting to be drowned By the sun shining down Nothing left but to start again Begin where it ends Upon the darkening green Oh, the darkening green