if all the birds have cursed the sky a flaming fortress hunting prey a feathered bird deflowered dies flowers die my knife has turned on life itself my skin is bathed in poison rain a room right on an empty shelf empty shelf all the time in the world and you never changed a thing all the time in the world and you stood back and watched the silent spring silent spring the hovering of every breath a legacy of decay infests just let me imagine mother earth mother earth all the time in the world and you never changed a thing all the time in the world and you stood back and watched the silent spring silent spring all the time in the world and you never changed a thing all the time in the world and you stood back and watched the silent spring silent spring silent spring silent spring silent spring silent spring silent spring silent spring