Titanic constructs of hubris Monstrous fortifications The tautened noose leads the architect On the final tarantella Tottering cities of men painted in black congealed blood His guilt thus conquered The creation endures yet Multitudes drown in the bleeding streets Gutters overflow with depravity Waste runs rampant, metropolis covered in mud Oh tottering cities of men, painted in black putrid blood Vanish! Like the lightning's gleam Like a baleful star, an empty dream Vanish! Like words to dust Like smoke from Aetna, A lovers lust The seven plagues of the seven gates Let the bowls be broken Rampant vermin, cities are burning Let them grind to dust... Blinding Light drives us onwards Into the night, Into death Vanish! Like hope through fear Like wind-blown flame, like trembling prey Vanish! Like a trifiling sigh Like dew at morn, A guilty thing Vanished! Like a lighting strike