blacktop pavement cover me
like a chemical reaction or a steam roller
there's a distant buzz and a low frequency
and it shakes the leaves off of every tree
what pretension! everlasting peace
like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor
to ignite a people's will
there's a shadowed stain on the west facade
it has spread like decay to enshroud the fraud
and the descendants find it
what pretension! everlasting peace
grave memorial hewn white stone
like the comforting caress of a mother
or a friend you've always known
it evokes such pain and significance
is reduced to remembrance
and the generations pass without recompense
what pretension! everlasting peace