A smear of grey across the sky A warning in the distance An indecipherable alarm And there we stood, our mouths agape The deer caught in the headlights Our minds adrift and far from harm [Smoke on the horizonCan the flames be far behind? We run for cover, but it's too lateWe are engulfed, we areThe smoke on the horizon] Nothing ventured, nothing lost We paid the price, but at what cost? We sold our future to the past Accept a necessary doom Too easily and way too soon Ignore the wisdom we amassed [Smoke on the horizonCan the flames be far behind? We run for cover, but it's too lateWe are engulfed, we areThe smoke on the horizon] A smudge of ash across the ground An undelivered message All that remains is memory A gust of wind across the plains Carries away the remnants Into forgotten history