Black Autumn Song

I know this one
Deep black autumn song
I know a black place to hide
I got a black box deep inside

Got one speciman of a sting
And I hear what the crickets sing
When they go to die

Oh I know this one
Deep black autumn song
Makes me think
What I don't want to think
Makes me say
What I don't want to say

I'm leaving my seed deep in the earth
I'm stretching my branches
Far out into the world
So wild is the wind and loud is its call
I'm shaking my crown
And watch the leafs that fall

Yes, I know this one
Deep black autumn song
I got a hole deep in my heart
I find my soul falling apart

I feel the pain
And I just don't care
I watch the dog on the hunt for the hare

Oh I know this one
Deep black autumn song
Makes me feel
What I don't want to feel
Makes me do
What I don't want to do

I'm leaving my seed deep in the earth
I'm stretching my branches
Far out into the world
So wild is the wind and loud is its call

I'm shaking my crown
And watch the leafs that fall

Is this a preface to the end
Or just another seed growing
Down in the ground?