It’s a theory carved in time From the pages left behind On a planet torn apart Turned to ruins, turned to dust The cradle of decay Nature’s law thrown away The birth of a myth foretold And the end of mankind unfolds Ancient empires rise once more Breaking through the ocean floor With their laws and sacred rites They walked blindly through the night Worshipping their gods of stone Golden idols on their thrones In their chalices and arks Flowed the wine to leave its mark Another world was built anew From ashes where the old one grew Piece by piece, the ground was laid Stone on stone, old tech remained Travelers from distant skies Heirs with stardust in their eyes Leaving trails of who we are Etched in light across the stars A species born out of place Struggling with time and space Scorched by Sun, or frozen sore Twisted limbs, and lives cut short Living daily drowned in pain Processing with fragile brains All we need, to stay alive Relies on what we can devise Another world was built anew From ashes where the old one grew Piece by piece, the ground was laid Stone on stone, old tech remained Like a bird that needs no more Than a nest to feel secure Man enslaves without regret The first race that this land met And will bring this world to end Just like the last they did condemn Only red soil will remain Life erased, and none to blame They believe they rule it all But they don’t see how they will fall Colonizing what was lost Left behind at deadly cost Another world was built anew From ashes where the old one grew Piece by piece, the ground was laid Stone on stone, old tech remained