Have ye courage, o my brethren? Hte signs are everywhere. Some did not see it coming, Others refused to see. I can feel it in the tingle of the air, In the heartbeat of the earth And I can tell that the storm is Coming all down on me. Come redemption As the litany of abandonment Rings through ruined temples As the darkest night of them all Falls upon the scorched Home shores As the great fervour within Is crawling in stasis and dirt Earthbound, Yet striving to walk upon the wind Always downwards - and toward The farthest sides of the north There come The agents of change, Stiff and inert Pillars of reason And pillars of belief, In the footsteps Of their fathers' virtues Always downwards - and toward The farthest sides of the north There is the nadir There comes the storm