A scream breaks the still of the night The time has now come No time for talk or for change The damage is done Try as they might to deceive The knew it would fall The ones that we trusted They lied to us all Screamin' for mercy, screamin' for mercy, screamin' Screamin' for mercy, screamin' for mercy, screamin' Rulers of nations See the world's in decline Time for the leveler, the reaper Who now will preside It isn't for me or for you The ones to decide What man has the right to dictate The fate of mankind Screamin' for mercy, screamin' for mercy, screamin' Screamin' for mercy, screamin' for mercy, screamin' d**h, persecution, unholy retribution We hide from the future, we search to the past For some kind of answer To the scene that is cast This unstoppable force This relentless remorse What is the solution To this mad mad world Total autonomy Is the way for me Why must it be How long before we see The futility of it all The hammer will fall Screamin' Darkness descends No more shall the sun ever shine Intense searing heat Winds strip the earth of it's life Now we're all gone It's time for you to arrive To make a brave new world A divine afterlife Screamin' for mercy, screamin' for mercy, screamin' Screamin' for mercy, screamin' for mercy, screamin' Screamin'