"Some believe that life is merely a sad dream 
from which death us awakes 
If so, the herald of dawn already walks among us..." 

Within these visions I drown once more 
Each day more violent than before 
(I hear) wolves howling behind every door 
And footsteps on an empty floor 

Embraced by the Sun's stygian light 
My dreams they come with open eyes 

Loss of the blissful days of yore 
The loss of all that we adore 
Resounding to death's violent score 
I saw it all, but there was more... 

For a new kind of shadow walks among us 
Unbound by laws of light and shade 

Bearing its mark on both beasts and man 
A herald to our world's descent 
To no masters it bows down or hails 
For with Death itself this rider trails 

I saw as it came, a hearse with no name 
New suns were born as the old ones gave away 
I saw as it came, bearing the mark of Cain 
and watched the world succumb to ancient flames... 

Only two remain as the music fades 
But no curtains fall upon this dying stage 
Only two remain, grotesque lifeless facades 
Made of only ash - before the winds blew them away... 

The vision fades and the sweet arms 
of reality surround me once again 
But I see a cold future that lurks 
behind these walls, awaiting to descend...