Every parent dreams of peace in wartime
Gentle reason that yawns throughout the day
Of simple sadness, of fading scars, old studied anguish
The kind that lives in other people's songs
Every parent knows the fear of daylight
The lurking dread of sorrow's fresh assault
Every shadow hides the next vicious invention
Of time's cruel march against the fallow heart
A world no child dares explore
Strutting, jeering in the despairing face of hope
Seethe a roiling, man-shaped multitude
Jerking to the greedy whims
Of a hundred ruthless masters who manipulate the world
The promise of a moment that makes great what others took
And erases generations
Devours helpless young
Raises flags of victory over dead and salted earth
Blinded eyes gaze past the ruin
Of this world towards the next
Can you hear the trumpets blasting?
Are you ready to ascend?
Rushing down ever-further
No remorse, no escape
Nothing's left for the future
Beyond today there's only hate
A world no child dares explore
The lasting memory of our age
Their lasting memory of our time
Hatred, fear, failure
This is our gift
Hatred, fear, failure
This is our curse
The lasting memory of our age
Their lasting memory of our time
Hatred, fear, failure
Far beyond the fracture of the sky
Higher than the surging of seas
When the embers of cities die
What will there be to inherit?
When the age of reason is failed
When the word of God is law
When every man knows his place
What will there be to inherit?
Rushing down ever-further
No remorse, no escape
Every parent dreams of peace
And driven to lie
To those wondrous gazes
Somehow sentenced to life
