now down below

 if you have measured breath in weight of gold

no one has spoken of the need for haste

nor of the reasons why the flock were chased

out of safe shelter back into the cold

such a short time ago now just enrolled

in this man's army and out on the waste

not one of us but knows we are disgraced

by this sad service and now you are told

say this when time returns you to your place

in the long record of the failing years

that we have done our task and gone our way

said our defiant words right to your face

cast off our clothes and let loose our tears

but never once have we refused our pay

autumn lives

 we break the shadow and bring out the sun

winter is coming but we know its end

this is a battle that has once been won

 

each tempest must in turn finish its run

some idiot will claim there is a trend

we break the shadow and bring out the sun

 

you can't be sure of truth before it's done

but know that even hardest steel must bend

this is a battle that has once been won

 

the word has force that will break down the gun

and nothing has your back  except a friend

we break the shadow and bring out the sun

 

the principle must be that it's begun

with happy heart that good things should intend

this is a battle that has once been won

 

truth is that each of us is having fun

knowing that there are things that we transcend

we break the shadow and bring out the sun

this is a battle that has once been won