Under a broken sky
The heart bleeds dry
Solace weeps from the haze, its silent will unable to die
"You were warned", he read from the carvings in the stone
"Everything you fear, a chasm all your own to face alone. This darkness, your home"
Sinking into your mind, blind to see the way outside
Home is just a place to leave behind
"What we've got here is Christ, an assassin, the friend of horror....perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, pure. My mission here is not to solve your petty squabbles. It concerns the existence of every last creature on Earth...but I must tell you in all honesty, the human race is gone. And now we're trapped by our own devices. Many of you are troubled by the concerns and anxiety....if only you can see what I've seen with your eyes. Deep thunder, mutations, graves....Oh, but that's all superstition! Let's get things nice and sparkling clear. He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing. Seek not to be like evil men. Can man control his destiny? Can he change the shape of things to come? We owe it to the brain of our species to stand here and die without destroying a source of wisdom. But there is nothing to fear, it is all clear. I just want to die peacefully."
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