Take away the words for everything, take away the words.
Take away the words for everything, take away the words.

Lose the words for the soft ascension, lose the words to the wind and snow, Lose the words, I forgot to mention, or none of this might get told.

Take away the lights on everything, take away the lights.
Take away the lights on all these things, take away the lights.

Lose the lights on the palace rooftops, snuff the lanterns in the foxholes, Douse the fires in the fields of dry crops, or none of this might get told.

Take away the names for everything, take away the names.

Lose the names on the walls of this room, lose the pass to the safe household, Lose the words for the colors in this bloom, or none of this might get told.

Lose the words for the soft ascension, lose the words to the wind and snow, Lose the words for the cruel inventions, or none of this might get told.