Stray Bullet

The glaciers have drained from the mountains Their ice caps have dragged to the south The streams have bled to the ocean Marianas opens her gaping mouth We gaze upon the ruins This planet's broken ribs Smoke stack lungs breathe cancer Repaying what we give Strip the gold mines of their riches Soak the trees in lye Eager to become closer to God We burned a hole in the sky We'll tell ourselves we did all we could As Elysium burns in the wake of the flood The gallows are swinging; ready for the hang Destruction of ego leaves no one to (blame) Pray to the sun for the tears to burn away Claiming repentance cry "Never again, never again!" As above, so below Would God lay to waste The Garden He built in the name of His grace Destruction came like a stray bullet Creation defaced With sombering hands Ancient of Days pulls us closer Laced as one, we all cross over Give the pale rider his bow and his crown A second beast in flames stampeding its hooves into the ground The stars fell from the sky and the Earth began to quake The sky rolled up like a scroll; Hades showed its face The Sun turned an oily black, the Moon's white turned to blood The Seventh seal broke and Heaven fell into a hush Like suicide by a stray bullet The Sun flickers out These sombering hands Won't let go Heavenly Father Intertwined, their Souls sink farther