Standing on the edge we wait and stare
The world is burning as we say our prayers
Why we suffer here, who's to say
If God hears us he has turned away
The world we've come to know will never be the same
The hole we've dug will become our own grave
Age of war caused by the ruling class
Bleed for our beliefs and sins long past
A choice is made, they will make us obey
Outrage fuels us, we will not be slaves
Shackles broken, the whip is quick to lash
A sound of thunder and a blinding flash
Spare the rod, spoil the child
Holy orders, life defiled
Beasts of burden, fanged and clawed
All will learn, fear more than God
Gears are turning
For freedom yearning
People burning
In the night
The sins they carry
A people buried
To hell they're ferried
In blazing light
The blast is seen for miles, smoke blocks out the sun
In their towers, they see what they've done
For God and country they sealed our fate
Something's wrong they realize much too late
The winds are shifting, death comes from the air
Clouds of poison raining down despair
No where to run now, the plan was flawed
They damned us all through pride and now blame God
Spare the rod, spoil the child
Holy orders, life defiled
Beasts of burden, fanged and clawed
All will learn, fear more than God
Smoke climbs higher
The skies on fire
A failed empire
The death of man
Planet spoiling
Seas are boiling
Released a poison
Into the soil
Night falls on the twilight of mankind
A wasteland ruled by the mad and blind
Punished for a choice and where we stood
The search for peace is now ended for good
Nothing to remember, no pain or plans
The curtain fell before the play began
They couldn't hear the tolling of the bell
They judged us all and then they unleashed hell
Spare the rod, spoil the child
Holy Orders, life defiled
Beasts of burden, fanged and clawed
Will show us all, fear more than God
Spared the rod, spoiled the child
World of horror, bodies Piled
Lift the veil, from this facade
We'll never learn, fear more than God