The Taker Thunderbolt

If Hope Dies

we are falling down now
 motion mistaken for flight
 ambition has betrayed us
 pursuit of dominance leaves us blind
 there are few who look below us
 and see the end of our path
 they know our world will be broken
 upon the rocks it will be smashed
 this culture, this ship of fools
 it's success, is it's doom
 we keep striving to stay aloft
 facing forward as we plummet

 why won't we listen
 to the voices of reason?
 we are all falling
 we are all falling down
 we are falling
 we are falling down

 we've bent the world
 to our will
 made ourselves the
 new gods of this domain
 accepted the myth
 that this is the height
 of life as it
 was meant to be lived

 we are falling down,
 plunging headfirst
 we are falling down,
 straight to the earth
 we are falling down,
 rushing headlong
 we are falling down,
 straight to the ground

 to those who cannot see
 the desolation we are facing,
 any heart that bleeds for this world
 must reveal our desperation

 we must abandon this failed experiment and
 find a civilization that can fly in the wind

 take heed of the warnings
 the pull at work upon our legs,
 that's gravity screaming at us
 the news of our end

 it seems to us that
 this is all there is
 no way out of this
 hole we're in
 despair grabs hold and
 we throw up our hands
 we can fight back with hope
 and begin again