My precious children, hear me speak 'bout something many don't understand The human condition, warfare, a holy land And to what ignorance will lead Mankind has failed to see what life's for Marked the end of its era, knowledge and faith Made sure that all it's created won't ever stay So hear the story of the everlasting war Once there was a time Of peace sublime Devoid of conflicts and life Nothing could destroy What nature created But this beauty faded Now, with the advent of life Comes the dawn of perception, love and light But what lives may also die To resist the circle is futile The seed has been sown For death And as time had passed Man has created a world of terror and wrath He lives upon blood-soaked soil Treats love for wisdom and life for oil Though what wisdom teaches and kills as well Only time will tell Man's a travesty of what he's supposed to be A bird of prey, the epitome of greed The carrion will decay, the hunger will survive The feast will be over when the curse has died It's but a game after the garden of birth Above the buried sun, beneath darkened skies Nature itself shows the denial of life Thus this is what we chose to search Deep in the holy land Two sides at war, self-righteous they stand They kill each other for ancient beliefs No right, no wrong, no goals to achieve For each dawn the war begins anew Nothing to gain but so much to lose For this is all things but a winnable war Just a disease of hate, famine and gore Only when man dies, his wars die too It's part of our nature, nothing we can do But one day we may see It's senseless to fight to quench selfish needs It'd be a tragic fate if we killed the earth Just to improve some idea of culture or wealth Black will conquer all that death may find It's just a matter of time As the poet of war finished his speech The children of hope could finally see There is no servant of war and peace simultaneously Yet still the next day all was as before Each dawn begins a new war The circle continues and the flame will live on And as their legacy dies the world will be forlorn
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