Cease

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Blacktop pavement cover me Like a chemical reaction or a steam roller spreading randomly There's a distant buzz at low frequency It tickles my ear, it rumbles under my feet And it shakes the leaves off of every tree violently [Chorus] What pretension! Everlasting peace Everything must cease [Verse 2] Institution on the Hill 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 oh, so odd [Chorus] [Verse 3] 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 What was once is reduced to remembrance And the generations pass without recompense [Chorus]