And the Stone Said: If I Could Speak

And the Stone Said: If I Could Speak - Beardfish

I was alone and it was night

I had nobody else to turn to

But the voices talking to me from afar

And with endearing words so silent

They told me the secret about who you really are

A million images and words long since forgotten

Of events that no one ever saw

I hear a whimper as I kneel

Realizing that it's your pain that I feel

In this house of worship I'm a stone

And as I wandered through the night

I felt a presence of the past the future

And the present now

The voices placed me in the minds

Of two young lovers

The husband in the war who's never coming home

The young girl realizing she's in fact a boy

And the old man recollecting his first toy

The widow the rapist a gold digger the hero

And at last the voice I heard before

In this house of worship I'm a stone

But there's blood gushing out

Of the cracks and fissures

Split me in two I'm hollow inside

You can't make me feel their sorrow

Did you think that the earth could cry

I was alone and it was night

But there's blood gushing out

Of the cracks and fissures

Split me in two I'm hollow inside

You can't make me feel their sorrow

Did you think that the earth could cry

In the dark a mist of light

Leading down into it's bowels

And I walk the spiral staircase

As the mist slowly dissolves

A wooden banister a bridge

And a vast stone wall up ahead

I cross the bridge and hear the voices

And they're speaking of the dead

In moments of hallucinated power

You thought that you had us stalled

But ours are tears of liquid fire

Watch us cry a river over you

To comprehend me

You can think of this place as my home

From here I've seen it all

Throughout time I've watched your mistakes

But there's blood gushing out

Of the cracks and fissures

Split me in two I'm hollow inside

You can't make me feel their sorrow

Did you think that the earth could cry

Then again

Then again

Then again

Then again

Then again

To comprehend me

You can think of what I have gone through

I've aided dirty hands

When they've stoned defenseless innocents

I am every stone on earth

Everything is recorded in me

But I'm not to interfere

Just continue to act as if I'm not here

I don't care for love or hate

And I know there is no such thing as fate

No greater power will punish your mistakes

Your acts are out of your own

Out of your own out of your own free will

I was here before you

And I'll still be here when you're gone

I'll still be here when you're gone