Valley of Arrows lyrics

The years move quietly Like shadows across the stone Names once spoken by thousands Fade into the wind The crowns grow cold The banners disappear Time keeps no monuments Only memories And even they drift away Like dust upon the water Carried farther Than anyone can follow What remains When the voices are gone? What survives When the builders have fallen? Perhaps not the walls Nor the gold But the choices Left behind A single spark Can outlive the hand that lit it A single truth Can travel through generations Long after its messenger Has returned to silence Ashes and echoes Scattered through time Ashes and echoes Leaving their signs Ashes and echoes Nothing remains unchanged The road continues Beyond the final page Others will walk it Others will choose Others will build Or tear apart What they have been given Ashes and echoes Scattered through time Ashes and echoes Leaving their signs Ashes and echoes Still calling Through the years The scroll is closed The story remains