Far Beyond the Fracture of the Sky

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 Rushing down ever-further Every parent dreams of peace And driven to lie To those wondrous gazes Somehow sentenced to life