Beautiful Decline - Abney Park

Fingers of rust gently intertwine

Lace the seams of sacrifice in beautiful decline

Catalysis of creations of all that was mankind

Pull our corruption towards nature

The state that’s predefined

Rust forms, bringing it all down

Wood rots, and into the ground

Flesh falls;

life’s decomposed

Then nature’s again exposed

All that floats upon the sea, all that hangs in the air

All that sits in dust or dirt eventually ensnared

The gentle touch of time will take you unaware

Pulling all creations down, an elegant affair

Rust forms, bringing it all down

Wood rots, and into the ground

Flesh falls;

life’s decomposed

Then nature’s again exposed

Rust forms, bringing it all down

Wood rots, and into the ground

Flesh falls;

life’s decomposed

Then nature’s again exposed

Pleasant patina pulls apart a holy copper shrine

Like gently creeping mossy claws, scarring all divine

All the things you think you value, including the gift of life

Slowly, gently fall apart, until the world is right

Rust forms, bringing it all down

Wood rots, and into the ground

Flesh falls;

life’s decomposed

Then nature’s again exposed

Rust forms, bringing it all down

Wood rots, and into the ground

Flesh falls;

life’s decomposed

Then nature’s again exposed

Rust forms, bringing it all down

Wood rots, and into the ground

Flesh falls;

life’s decomposed

Then nature’s again exposed

Rust forms, bringing it all down

Wood rots, and into the ground

Flesh falls;

life’s decomposed

Then nature’s again exposed