Lyrics Woods of Ypres

Woods of Ypres

Keeper of the Ledger

It is a fair and noble arrangement

This business of life and existence

Where everything we take from the earth

Will be taken back and returned

The face of god has always been disguised

As the mother / giver and lover of all life

But the keeper of the ledger for the cult of nature

Only concerns that your body returns on time

Return to the earth, pay the price for your existence

Into the hand of earth's domain

For there is balance to be maintained

The count is cold and calculated, the precision is exact

No one is exempt or unaccounted for,

All that was taken will be taken back

The gods have always been believed to love,

And care for the quality of our lives

But the keeper of the ledger for the cult of nature,

Only concerns with quantity of your time

We create our myths of purpose,

To fill our lives with hope and wonder

But to the keeper of the ledger for the cult of nature

Your body is just... a(nother) number

It is a fair assumption, of our human nature to assume...

That the business of nature... is inherently good

(When) nature comes collecting, it doesn't care at all about you

Nature comes collecting, it doesn't care at all to know you

(When) nature comes collecting, it doesn't care to hear your story

Nature comes collecting, and only wants you for your body

Nature is the man (after all), nature is the mob (after all)

Nature is the business (after all), nature is the cult