They said it could happen any time The Earth returned to flame Designated Persephone Our destruction has a name A billion years of flight through the void To meet her journey's end As we play out the final hours On a miracle we depend Civilisation falls today But it will rise again Kneel to your Gods and pray Pray for a new world to come All hope is now extinguished The losing battle fought The planet's finest minds enlisted But every plan fell short Seventy miles of ice and stone Bearing down at speed As we await the final impact May God have mercy please Civilisation ends today But we'll begin again Kneel to your Gods and pray For a new world to come She was named after the queen of Hades Her long lonely voyage through the universe brings Annihilation ever closer to Earth. Helplessly, hopelessly, humanity awaits the fall of Persephone. Across the globe billions fall of the their knees and Beseech their God to save them from approaching doom. Dear Lord help us Please God save our souls Dea Lord help us Please God save our souls See her looming ever larger in the sky Her all consuming shadow means The end for you and I Point of impact in the Adriatic Sea Ten thousand Hiroshimas it's the end for you and me The end of humanity The end of you and me The fall of Persephone See her looming in the sky The end of you and I Fall to your knees The end of humanity The fall of Persephone