Who cries for the lonely? Left behind to nurse their emotional wounds Who sings for the broken? Dressed in rags while the king on his throne dons his crown Who speaks for the children? Cast aside like driftwood that washes ashore Who saves the downtrodden? And welcomes them home while we're closing our doors And the Sun will shine no more as darkness falls And the blood of the innocents will flow Has time been re-written or is time running out? The end of the ages weighs heavy with doubt What consequence do we bring upon ourselves? Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh oh... While some have forgotten Can we walk mile for mile in their shoes? Or will we stumble? And let all the scaremongers dictate our views All that's been shattered Blood seeping into the cracks in the ground Not that it matters As long as you have your ideals you can turn down the sound When the fall starts will the faithless fall away? As the sun hides behind the moon for another day Foretold in prophecy, the time has come again Strange light, burn bright in every son of man They dance among the embers of the city laid to waste With conquest in their sights, words and images erased It's the quick or the dead while the leaders bend their knee Full of shame, all the same in every world they flee The shameful kiss of the Black Rider (The picture's looking back at me) Caught in the web of the black spider (No escape from the tyranny) As the children play among the ruins there We lament our fate and play at solitaire No water flows and the cold wind blows Fight or flight, black or white, soon they'll reap what they sow I've seen many friends not make it through the pain The place I lived is a desert now And I've been witness to the worthlessness again I prayed that fear would not set in Sometimes I dream I'm being carried by the dead While there's thunderous roaring overhead A barren wasteland as far as eye can see Even to the horizon And I feel as though my heart is lost Forever now... and cannot be revived Can time been re-written or our is time running out? The end of the ages weighs heavy with self doubt What consequences have we brought upon ourselves? Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh oh... If I ask the question again