Only ruins remain From the cruelest of wars Cities veiled in toxic haze The great fire burned all life to ash Metropolises occupied by skeletons The last survivors wend their way To escape from hell on earth But it‘s only hell that hides Behind desperate hopes Though territory hostile to life Becomes elusive haven The sands of time elapse Hellhounds pick up the scent of the prey The bitter could in their hearts Burns like the desert Sun Marching on Doomed they perish of blistering heat As they fall thus spake the voice Of the darkest lore Trapped in a temple of fragileness Stranded souls wrapped In rotting flesh, life is dying Self-imposed demise Moribound since the olden days He who sows the wind Shall reap the whirlwind Tragic but rightful fate