There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground And swallows circling with shimmering sound And frogs in the pools, singing at night And wild plum trees in tremulous white And no one would mind neither bird nor tree If mankind perished utterly And spring herself when she woke at dawn Would scarcely know that we were gone Shine down on me Shine down on me And I can't follow on, I can't follow on Shine down on me Shine down on me And I can't follow on, I can't follow on Before I fade into black So, these words will all resonate in my head Stick to the clean walls before they spread Through my veins they will run down Meet me at sundown So, no songs will soothe all of this blight for me I'm content with bliss disguised as apathy But just for once I'd like to watch it burn When the sun Will rise again Will rise again And I can't wait to see the sun rise again Sing me to sleep Shine down on me Shine down on me And I can't follow on, I can't follow on Shine down on me Shine down on me Full blooming flowerhead, I can't follow on It's on the back of my hand On the tip of my thumb Forever inked in dust Right on top of my lungs, my lungs Every sight in your eyes Resonates in my hull Everywhere in my frame For the rest of my life, my life I know one day that I will sing of love and how we shared This intimacy of touching skin holds more that it once held But for now I keep my mouth shut until the night I stumble home 'Cause when we're gone then we are one and when were gone Then we are one