Etched in forever, the sum of all that was and all that will be; Humanity’s agonal breath It whispers through the trees A call to nothing Violence, in the chords that thrum beneath the earth A low note, it carries on the winds To every riven channel's depths And to every quiet corner, Where history resonates Malice, in the chords that thrum beneath the earth (Beneath the earth) And in the breaking light, we'll see the world for what it is Darkness unredeemable The looming crescendo of the merciless Dragging all to stillness The world turns, to the chords that thrum beneath the earth Beneath the earth We walk to the glow of forest fires Wading in paths of black ink, All things of beauty are forgotten; every night is come The world: at its end and unending