The Coming Dark Age

I try to imagine a time when things weren't this way

but years have come and gone with the seasons

and for better or worse this is how it is

is this the price we must pay?

oh how we revere our mountains of concrete and steel

across every nation a decaying metropolis burns

our way of life bought and stolen with blood sweat and tears

and the machine keeps pressing on

our assault on the earth has taken its toll

now devastation lies behind our sorrow

the undying screams of tortured souls

shall forever possess tomorrow

within this darkened globe of mounting terror

on the eve of destruction where despair is life

the reigns of ignorance plummet us towards calamity

unseen is the coming strife

as this world disappears we stand on the outside looking in

we've tried so hard to move the moon and touch the stars

and now we swim in tainted oceans of a better day

across fields of yesterday the specters of the past

loom ahead - taunting voices long devoid of breath

they watch us follow in their stead

take a hopeless glance into the future do we stand a chance?

I awake from a dream to be hurled into this nightmare

and I long to return to sleep

cause everyday I rise to a crimson sky

she sheds her gentle tears on me

but each drop cuts like a knife

and the bruises and scars will never subside

each passing day our brutality grows stronger

each passing day means the pain's lasted longer

and I can feel the pain

and I can feel her pain

what will become of this world - devastation tomorrow?

hold on for one more day