I find myself on a ravaged path Ruins before me, sun at my back Shattered spires reach for the sky With their broken arms Mouthless skulls lament Relics of a world gone mad Weak with roots in shame Victims of the choice they made Broken walls scaled by vine and thorn Hold more life now than before Gods of indifference and deceit Lay their dead hands here Weak with roots in shame Victims of the choice they made Those who would destroy Carriers of their own plague Was it not enough, k**ing all that nature made? In years of walking the wastelands, I never saw such grief I swear by my life, This grove is better for the loss Mankind learns its harshest lesson: Only d**h can pay for life Empires rust The world moves on Man falls to dust The world moves on The avarice our nature holds will be our downfall Mankind learns its harshest lesson: Only d**h can pay for life