Chaos and Gears

All around the world's unraveling Searching for peace while madmen pull strings Turning lives into pawns feeding their tanks Filling their ranks with our lives Once-thriving cities now hollow and dark Echoing loss echoing fear And we stand here wondering Was peace ever real Was it ever more than a fragile dream Here on Earth down here in chaos Caught in the gears of someone else's scheme Feeling the weight of our lost cause Once-thriving cities now hollow and dark Echoing loss echoing fear And we stand here wondering Was peace ever real In the shadow of shattered dreams We're searching for a spark of hope Through the chaos and gears it seems We're just too far around to cope Once-thriving cities now hollow and dark Echoing loss echoing fear And we stand here wondering Was peace ever real Once-thriving cities now hollow and dark Echoing loss echoing fear And we stand here wondering Was peace ever real