We count the years Like drops of rain We wear our masks So we can shift the blame In waning hours Defenses fall away When all is lost And nothing left to say "Next time", we said "We'll find a better way" Ever burning, never learning From mistakes that we made We saw the truth and looked away The weight too much to bear We had our chance and let it slip Ashes cast into thin air Enshrined in sorrow Cities of glass and gold So we bear witness At the dawn of what has been foretold Hold on to any sliver Of hope that we may find The only way out is forward Because we live in desperate times We brace ourselves For pain yet to come No way to stop What's already begun And all that we have known And all that we have built Now laid low Who will bear the guilt? Abandon your fears They'll only weigh you down Only we can save ourselves As the cities slowly drown At the chasm's edge Every lifeline severed All that we have left Is to stand in strength together Enshrined in sorrow Cities of glass and gold So we bear witness At the dawn of what has been foretold Hold on to any sliver Of hope that we may find The only way out is forward Because we live in desperate times