As I open my eyes Oh, give me the heart To face the grim truth I can’t deny! The greenlands are now bare The spring of life has dried The Mother holding her dying child What has been left behind Of towers rising high? And while we thought we had The brightest of all minds What have we done? The will to hold the reins Born from the wish for life A fever, devouring all we had Unfit to win the fight We were our own demise! But in this madness what have you gained? Demolished your home for a jail! Was this the unavoidable fate For power in the hands of apes? Oh, in this madness what have you gained? The illusionary throne you built Fallen, scattered ruins and tears Is this mankind? Is this the logic beast? Was this the price for the apple you seized? Was this the wisdom you claimed to seek? Was this the control you claimed to keep? Was this your dream? Silent’s the song of humanity Nothing more’s beyond! What have you gained? Nothing more beyond Fallen, scattered ruins, tears! Perish, foolish beast! Where is the awareness, the wonder for it all? Where is the beauty, the poetry? Where is the wisdom you claimed to seek? What of all this? What did you find past the boundary? Was this all enough? Will you ever learn? Where is the balance between you and the world The one that made you be born and live? How could you lose the survival key Throw it away? Illusions fade and your towers sink Where is the awareness, that made you win and grow? Where is the wisdom you claimed to seek? Where is the control you claimed to keep? Burnt by your own flames! But in the aftermath Of our darkest night There is no light of a new Sun Beyond the horizon line We may build a new path Or just evolve to dust