Shattered windows are staring from eroded walls Doors hanging aslant on rotten hinges (hinges) Some streets still traveled, where a sane mind cringes By wanderers on iron horses, where darkness calls ♪ Riding, hurrying over broken pavement so as not to spend This eerie night with ghosts (this eerie night with ghosts) And there are ghosts (are ghosts) ♪ Those that lived here, worked and died Yet, while they were alive, their hopes, their virtues crucified If you'd ask them, they would tell you of a greed beyond all limits Of, a need to destroy a simple way of life Their presence may yet be felt Spirits floating where once the living dwelled Between buildings crumbled, torn, and shifted Ravaged by time, you'll see, once the fog has lifted ♪ Collapse was slow, but the wise men knew, predictable Yet, humanity's actions taken despicable The ashes rose, a last vision Too late, too late, too blind to see ♪ The ones who lie unburied Could have changed the course of time But preferred to stay unworried Descend into sin and crime ♪ The ashes rose, a last vision Too late, too late, too blind to see But when the castles crumbled That were built on sand or cloud Gods witnessed mankind tumble Mankind before Mammon bowed