Echoes De Luxe The Ashen Year lyrics

Be still my friends the end is near
Of this burned out ashen year
At least we know the day is done
And we're the only lucky ones
I write my name into the sand
To watch it wash away again
Looking up I hear the calls
Crying out "we've lost it all"
And I cannot help but try
To keep the stinging from my eyes
A cloud arose that would not fall
It cast a shadow on us all

There's no one driving to the park today
There's no more traffic on the black freeways

I turn my back to walk away

And hear a voice behind me say
Beware of those who wear the crown
They'll be the ones to let you down
And I cannot help but feel
The words I hear are all too real
The day the cloud began to fall
It's pushing down on us all

There's no one driving to the park today
There's no more traffic on the black freeways

There's nothing left for rain to wash away
There's nothing left it's all been burned away