This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Cold as steel the darkness waits
It's hour will come
A cry of fear for the chosen worshipping the sun
Mother nature's black revenge on those who waste her life
War babies in the garden of Eden
Shall turn our ashes to ice
Sunrise has gone, freezing up the fires
Sunrise has gone, numbing all desires
Sunrise has gone
Sunrise has gone
Around the world the people stop with terror-stricken eyes
A shadow cast upon them all to crush them like a fly
In the icy rain and whiplashed seas
There's nowhere left to run
The hammer blows of winter fall, like a hurricane
Sunrise has gone, freezing up the fires
Sunrise has gone, numbing all desires
Around the world the nations wait
For some wise words from their leading light
You know it's not only madmen who listen to fools
"Is this the end?" the millions cried
Clutching their riches as they died
Those who survive must weather the storm
Gone are the days when man looked down
They've taken away his sacred crown
To be so free, it took so long
It's not the journeys end, it's just begun
It's hour will come
A cry of fear for the chosen worshipping the sun
Mother nature's black revenge on those who waste her life
War babies in the garden of Eden
Shall turn our ashes to ice
Sunrise has gone, freezing up the fires
Sunrise has gone, numbing all desires
Sunrise has gone
Sunrise has gone
Around the world the people stop with terror-stricken eyes
A shadow cast upon them all to crush them like a fly
In the icy rain and whiplashed seas
There's nowhere left to run
The hammer blows of winter fall, like a hurricane
Sunrise has gone, freezing up the fires
Sunrise has gone, numbing all desires
Around the world the nations wait
For some wise words from their leading light
You know it's not only madmen who listen to fools
"Is this the end?" the millions cried
Clutching their riches as they died
Those who survive must weather the storm
Gone are the days when man looked down
They've taken away his sacred crown
To be so free, it took so long
It's not the journeys end, it's just begun
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