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It all surrounds us,

The rot fits the heart and face of men,

Tired skin that binds us,

Old withered souls from within

You can watch the changes, fill a book with the world’s unrest

Burrow through the pages, just to find the beginning of the end

Cycle through the ages and the pace of darkness,

Quickening within,

And stand to watch the world drown in its sin,

When calamity falls

One salute to you all

And it all will pass you by

And the dead won’t cry

With the lesson learned in life

That nothing survives

I stood atop the world and saw through ephemeral eyes,

History was born and died, and myth sprang into life,

I held it all in my hands, I felt it in the air,

On and on the wars that still remain

The gods we fought for, men that died in vain

Raise the martyrs’ flag for years on end

And shroud the reasons, blinded sheep were led,

Well in the center of it all you stay content to play pretend,

And all the pleading in the world won’t get you to make amends

Take a breath inside

Steeling all your mind

Pity won’t stay blind

At least not in this life

Praying, to be saved

Pretending, that will change things,

Here, at the end of the world

Whoa

And it all will pass you by

And the dead won’t cry

With the lesson learned in life,

Nothing survives

And it all will pass you by

And the dead won’t cry

With the lesson learned in life,

Nothing survives