There exists no dream worth chasing if it cannot satisfy.
There exists no god worth serving if he cannot hear your cry.
Dig your claws into the earth.
Struggle to obtain.
Holding on for all you're worth to what death will strip away.
Your wealth, your pride dissolved in time.
Reduced to dust.
Your worthless treasures rust.
A camel through the needle's eye.
For greed express no shame.
You own no wealth that will provide salvation from Hell's flames.
Your wealth, your pride dissolved in time.
Reduced to dust.
Your worthless treasures rust.
(This last verse is not used in the song, but was still included in the Circle of Dust 1992 liner notes.)
Constructing towers in the mud.
Your labor is in vain.
Although it seems progress is made the outcome is the same.