Drums Of Heaven Lyrics - Midnight Oil

By the time the luminous descent of the bright star unfolds 

And tablets of strange love are shattered and bruised 

By the time the oleander has fallen from bloom 

And the tears of the crocodile water the sun 

By the time you make up your mind 

If ever you do 

I hear the drums of heaven too 

By the time paradise alley is littered with rust 

And the arc of the dayglo is curtained in gloom 

By the time the kidney bone cities are crumbling to dust 

And the empires and all of the emirates burn 

Ice on the mountain 

Wind and the dust storm 

Sails in the desert 

It's old and exploding 

Seers and the prophets 

Dramas of heaven