Stones Abraded lyrics

Such is the quandary perplexing

That the sum of a man's days

Is marked by an abraded stone

A mystery as to its noted cause

Bewilderment cast down below

Strewn about in shards random

That deteriorated in time's era

Ages have passed and identity

Gone to ground, to the dust

Reclaimed by the elements e'er

That etch the stone, details lost

A nomenclature forever cast off

The aspects of individualism gone

Fame and fortune thus given away

Now only mold and mildew stay

They thrive on the minerals there

So the stones abraded mark time

The passage of men, of ages ago

And all that was once important

No longer maintains their means