Ghosts of Nations
See the heart still beating inside
Rip it out and tear it apart
Take aim at the foundation
Make walls collapse and structures fall
No mercy upon a zeitgeist so decadent
Was it indifference or antipathy?
So asked the ghost of a nation
This rampant devolution
It beckons a new reckoning
Be the fuse to the powder keg
Wipe the slate clean
As above, so below
Are we deeply flawed reflections?
Are you free or a commodity?
Ask the ghost of your nation
Their dreams devoured their souls
From a new beginning, re-emerge new dreams
Hear the echoes linger inside
Screams endlessly bouncing off walls
Of this unhallowed cathedral
Forsaken like those buried outside
Each body, an untold story
Of an unlived life ruined
Forever in pursuit of the promise
Of the one who made it up
Dust on the altar
A reminder of the time lost
Serves as a warning
To those who think faith has no cost
Sole survivor, soul redeemer
On a crusader's conquest
Lay waste to reveries
Let nightmares resurface
Their dreams devoured their souls
Of ones subservient to the whole
From a new beginning, re-emerge new dreams
Their dreams devoured their souls
Of ones subservient to the whole