Nothing (Intermezzo)

So many lives faded, withered away
And many were born
Much that was great
And significant sank into irrelevance

Today became history, history became legend
So many lives faded, withered away
And many were born
Much that was great
And significant sank into irrelevance

Today became history, history became legend,
And fell into oblivion
Yet nothing vanishes without a trace
Everything that is sprang from what was