Cities

I look down on the city

It's burning, It's burning

Everything's prettier at night

The flames are all leaping

they're eating the buildings

Orion lets give her a chance

The stars stars are all twinkling

they're mirroring the dancing

of the flames as they reach towards the sky

I'm hoping and I'm praying for a better tomorrow

atleast one that isn't so bright

The fire is growing, engulfing the city

the flames are warming my bones

the light is so bright that the stars are forgotten

the only god left is the moon

The people are crying, shouting, screaming they're dying

those living are left without homes

but their houses were built on the blood of some mother

another who is yet unknown

And i want to go down there and walk through the city

heat from my heart in those flames

I see someone standing, a stranger in shadows

I greet him, he calls out my name

I say "Ra we've succeeded, the city is defeated

we accomplished wherefor we came"

He says "fool don't you know that's the work of no mortal

the sun and the stars are to blame"

The fire has burned out, the embers are cooling

The ash falls, it looks just like snow

The children who survived and the ghosts of those who didn't

are playing like there's no tomorrow

in the center of the city, the old gods are gathered

to survey their new masterpiece

they discuss the pros and the cons of destruction

and welcome the newly deceased

and orions still laughing, hes holding his sides

as he rolls on the floor in the sky

as i realize i'm not an immortal

the stranger in shadows appears at my side