The snow is drifting, the ground is frozen Another quiet winter night "Incoming objects have been detected" A sudden flash of brilliant light The sky is falling In molten ribbons streaming down below Our fate is calling The children singing in the afterglow The wind is fire, the ground is liquid The churning oceans vaporized The heavens darken, the world forsaken A witness to our own demise The ashes blow across the desert The carcass of a ruined age All our gold and all our wisdom Against the universe's rage