Zero Hour

Demise and vestige

Zero Hour


two eyes flash in twilight two thoughts in rhyme 
"gravity's mine and i'm prepared" 
two feet meet in rhythm two hands did find 
the weak link the towers share 
beneath their foundations a river's rage 
the dam that stands reveals its age 
from cracks the water's flowing 
and makes a line toward 
the unknowing 
i can set a flood in motion for the arrogant's plans 
are always built on sand 
like the wind drives the rain the subterranean will bring pain 
i can feel the surge of madness in mind 
i can hear the minions marching in time 
i can taste the breath of freedom 
i'm free i am free i am free we are free 
to arm the dissident and the dispossessed 
i'll be there i will be there 
to give back power and take what it possesed 
i'll be there i will be there 
to live our dreams and not ask why 
we'll be there we will be there 
to scale the mountain to reign on high 
we'll be there we will be there 
relieve us now of misery the wheels are set in spin 
in moments now the end begins and here i'll make my stand 
to watch it 
fade away fade away fade away 
water fills the waiting earth and washes it so clean 
swept up in the rushing waves now i feel what i mean 
and i fade away fade away fade away 
and i wash away wash away fade away 
it is starting 
there's no stopping 
all's collapsing 
what is happening? 
Cries to screams screams to cries cries to moans 
flesh to steel steel to flesh concrete to bone 
water bled blue to red blood to water 
led to here led to where? Led to slaughter 
overwhelming sound 
swaying breaking sound 
wailing pounding sound 
cracking crumbling sound 
thought i could lose the thought that 
brought me to the thought that 
brought me here to this demise 
thought i could lose the thought that 
rules us all and believes that 
one must lose in order to find 
though the storm inside me 
gave me strength to be a mighty river 
i was still not the tide 
thought he could free the world and so free himself 
but he was his own demise 
it is still the daylight comes 
but nothing moves not anyone 
awake my bent and broken ones 
and come walk with me 
you all seem paralyzed 
hollow bodies sunken eyes 
but we have won we are alive 
so come walk with me 
walk with me for i have healed your pain 
i touch the ground my hand passes through 
but i feel the touch of all of you 
letting go i slip into the other side 
and you walk with me you walk with me 
sent away to a place i've never seen 
no fears or cares here all is serene 
where did i fly away to where did i fly away? 
Millions of spirits have begun to gather 
in order to be reborn 
millions of voices in unison chanting 
that i must lead them on 
i say "we must bring the oppressor here 
to seek solace by means of its end 
and we must redeem our own selves here 
we must be sure it has no life after death" 
we will comfort you 
we will bring you peace 
we believe in you 
we will be released 
and then we'll fly away to a better time 
what we'll find we'll wait and see 
is it machine or man man or machine 
every single one that suffered 
wants you they want you 
strange how what i once needed they seek today 
death did not gain them freedom so here they stayed 
from within and from without revenge is ours there is no doubt 
and in between that and this our oppressor will taste the serpents kiss