Locked away for more than six hundred years Imprisoned in the pages of history’s tears Princes of darkness, rites were sealed Chained in fire and iron, concealed They guard the ancient written creed From darker times of thought and deed When minds were safe from wild decay Held on the edge of yesterday Monuments now cracked and torn Temples buried, lost, and worn Fools march blindly to their fate They’ve forgotten love and grace too late It’s like a nightmare with no end The Sun burns hotter than it ever did Machines are set to dominate And human minds are easy bait Impure desires, freedom’s fake The world groans under wrath and hate Visions blur, mouths close tight No more words, no more light No more truths left to see Only endless, blackened sea Where blood flows more than ocean tides As hope and prayer slowly subside The final end is drawing near Explosions echo, prayers disappear Each day, faith fades away Struck down by Satan’s grand display Demons hide behind the glass To torture souls as shadows pass The day will bleed, the sky will dim Life retreats, the light grows thin Hate outshines the love once known Suffering now just seeds that’s sown Lies have conquered every breath This generation feasts on death We are slaves within the scheme Puppets dancing in a dream The ghosts are coming can’t you see? They’ve come to take your soul from thee The world’s on fire The dark takes power It rules your mind Each waking hour And maybe the mad Yes, maybe the mad Are the only ones Who won’t go bad The next great war won’t fight with guns But in the spirit, when time outruns Fate is sealed, belief undone By dukes of discord, kingdom won Sacrificed to evil's will By the cage of cyber skill We are slaves within the scheme Puppets dancing in a dream The ghosts are coming can’t you see? They’ve come to take your soul from thee