I'VE SEEN THE PALE HORSE RIDE
THE BLOOD RED SKY
NAKED SANDS IN THE LANDS WHERE THE SEAS RAN DRY
I'VE SEEN A 747 ON A SUICIDE RUN
AND A SEVEN YEAR OLD KID
LEARN TO BRANDISH A GUN
I'VE SEEN THE MARKETING OF PAIN
ANIMATED WAR GAMES
I'VE SEEN THE PEOPLE PLEAD FOR PEACE
TO THE POWERS IN VAIN
THE COMING OF A BEAST
IN THE FORM OF GREED
AN ASSEMBLY LINE PRODUCTION OF A DEADLY DISEASE
WHEN ALL THE FANATICS
AND ALL THE DRAMATICS
HAVE GATHERED IN THE GUTTER
WITH THE POURING RAIN
WE'LL BE STRANDED FOREVER
BANDED TOGETHER
BY THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE
DIDN'T HAVE TO PLAY THIS GAME…
IT DIDN'T HAVE TO END THIS WAY
I'VE SEEN FIRE IN THE SKY
DESIRE AND LIES
THE WORSHIPPING OF IDOL FASCINATIONS WITH PRIDE
POWER AND PAIN
GENERATIONS OF HATE
AND A NATION FALLING VICTIM
TO ENSLAVED MENTAL STATES
AND WHAT WILL BE LEFT
AND WHERE WILL WE GO
IT'S SO HARD TO IMAGINE
BUT I KNOW IM NOT ALONE
IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTS
TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS LIFE
WITH SOME KIND OF UNDERSTANDING
AND A LITTLE PIECE OF MIND
AND SO IT WAS THAT THE BEGINING WOULD BE A PERIOD MARKED BY TURMOIL
AND THE DARKEST SIDE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT WOULD DEVOUR MENS MINDS
SEEMINGLY OVER NIGHT THE GREAT CITIES WOULD FALL INTO RUIN
AND A DEEP DESPAIR WOULD GATHER IN THE SOUL OF THE POPULATION
AND THIS WOULD SIGNIFY THE COMING OF CHANGE, THE COMPLETION OF A CYCLE
AND LIFE WOULD NEVER AGAIN BE AS IT ONCE WAS…
ONE LIFE TO LIVE/ ONE LIFE TO GIVE/
ONE LIFE TO LEARN/ONE LIFE TO BURN
ONE CHANCE TO SEE
THAT THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A GAME
IT'S A CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
A CHANCE TO MAKE CHANGE