Paul Shapera
They’re Coming
[Alex:]
A winter's tale where the cold wind takes
And nothing grows and nothing’s made
This is like the life that I will leave behind

An autumn's tale where the vistas sweep
And the view's so fine that they make men weep
This is like the sight you’ve made that I've seen tonight

In the spring of another time
Maybe I'd be you and fate be kind
Next time then, around the spiral vine

Men will come in a blazе of guns
Unless I go, unless I run
And evеrything down here will burn in fire

[Alice:]
Autumn reaps and the fallen lie
None will come, they will not arrive
The tribe down here will kill them if they try

In the spring of another time
The Angels taught them much to mind
Before they shunned me, before this city's rise
Winter days have come here now
Stay with me, I need your help
Build with me about the spiral vine