Dear prodigal you are my son and I
Supplied you not your spirit, but your shape
All Eden's wealth arrayed before your eyes
I fathomed not; you wanted to escape
And though I only ever gave you love
Like every child, you've chosen to rebel
Uprooted flowr's and filled the holes with blood
Ask not for whom they toll the solemn bells
A child of dust to mother now return
For every seed must die before it grows
And though above the world may toil and turn
No prying spade will find you here below
Now safe beneath their wisdom and their feet
Here I will teach you truly how to sleep
Child of Dust is written from the perspective of the element of Earth. The entire song tells of how Man was created as a child of Earth, yet as we grew, we "rebelled against our parent (the Earth)" by building, warring, and desecrating the planet. At first the Earth is confused as to why we destroyed it's beauty, but as we die, the Earth still takes back our bodies (as we bury our deceased), and protects them. The message behind this song is that no matter how we advance our civilization, we all came from the Earth, and one day we will all return to it.
This song is one of 4 songs on The Alchemy Index which is written in Iambic Pentameter, The Flame Deluge, Kings Upon the Main, Silver Wings, and Child of Dust.
Each of these songs is written to illustrate the relationship between man and each represented element (in order according to song titles listed above), Fire, Water, Air and Earth.
The last 2 lines of each of these 4 songs are all rhyming couplets, which share a vocal melody.
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