Across The Hills

<p>Across the hills black clouds are sweeping</p><p>Across the hills black clouds are sweeping Carrying poison far and wide And the grass has blackened underfoot And the rose has withered and died</p><p>The rose is still as red love and the grass is still as green Must have been a shadow in the distance you have seen Must have been a shadow you have seen</p><p>Can't you hear the children weeping Can't you hear the mournful sound No birds sing in the twisted trees In the silent streets around</p><p>You can hear the children laughing in the streets as they play You must have caught the dying of an echo far away Must have been an echo far away</p><p>Can't you see the white ash falling From the hollow of the skies And the blood runs red down the blackened walls Where a ruined city lies</p><p>You could see the red sun shining in the park on the stream Must have felt the shiver from the darkness of a dream Must have been the darkness of a dream</p><p>Death shall reap a hellish harvest Make a desert of the land</p><p>But the rose is still as red love and the grass is still as green It must have been a shadow you have seen</p><p>(Must have been a shadow) Across the hills black clouds are sweeping (Must have been a shadow) (Must have been a shadow) Can't you see the white ash falling (Must have been a shadow) (Must have been a shadow) Death shall reap a hellish harvest (Must have been a shadow) (Must have been a shadow) Across the hills black clouds are sweeping (Must have been a shadow)</p><p>You can hear the children laughing in the streets as they play You must have caught the dying of an echo far away Must have been an echo far away</p>