I said Old Man
Why are we sad and broken?
Where are our women and old kin?
What will you leave here to forget?

Said Old Man
Where are we from?
Where we're going?
When can I get it and know it?
Is there an end to the cold within?

We are souls of the darklands
One the same and none
So alone so many among
The zeros and ancient ones
Understand we are souls of the darklands
Souls of the darklands

I said Old Man, are you sad and loaded?
Or hung-over and bloated?
You drug me here now we’re broken
Said Old Man, the Kubla Khan of the trashcan
Under the lash of your last stand
The father, son, and the back of his hand
The father, son, and the back of his hand

We are souls of the darklands
So far, talkin' way beyond the stars
From the darkness where we part
To the dirty earth where it starts

We are souls of the darklands
One the same and none
So alone so many among
The zeros and ancient ones

Understand we are souls of the darklands
Souls of the darklands
Souls of the darklands
We are souls of the darklands
One the same and none
So alone so many among
The zeros and ancient ones
Understand we are souls of the darklands


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