I stand within what was once a golden city Now swept by wind, drowned in despair and pity I wake the spirits that have lain so long in peace Rise with resentment, distorted and diseased They're flailing around me and at the veil they're tearing Within this hourglass that seals the present from the past The sands of time fall through the cracks The world that shines is turning black With every stride they condemn my desecration Of what stood with pride, now left in desolation Each field and home, once filled with love and joy Becomes a tomb for future looters to destroy The laughter of children all turns to tears of old men Now shattered spears and broken skulls are left to speak The sands of time fall through the cracks The world that shines is turning black The present turns upon the past A perfect bliss can never last One day it all comes to this place Where the mighty walls have been defaces What once stood proud is now erased, unknown You're still trying to find the relics Of an age that you embellished Buried in the sands of time now brick and bone One day we all come to this place Where our memories have been defaced The joys of times we once embraced No longer known