The Barricades Are Breaking

The Ionian fire - it flickers and falls in the cold wind. 
In the streets, the cities ablaze - the final descent, the 
spirals turning; the barricades are breaking. At breakneck 
speed, a celestial pestilence descends upon the world and 
delivers a sacred gift of everlasting death.

Annihilate, envenom, impregnate! Decimate - reduce to 
ashes. A war of attrition - a sullen contrition, the stench
 of redemption - we have no need of your salvation

Get on board the ship, it's sinking - the barricades are 
breaking! Raise the standard from the broken city wall - 
another harbinger of doom, a herald of annihilation. Can't 
you hear the wolves at the door? The barricades are 
breaking.