Lyric discussion by E4Ducky 

Cover art for Requiem lyrics by Avenged Sevenfold

It is a prayer for the destruction of everything. Planets could be seen as the follow-up song with its imagery of cosmic death, a cold uncaring universe. Acid rain, as the band has said in interviews, is the human perspective on planets. People holding their lovers as the world ends before their eyes, children obliviously carrying on unaware of their immanent death.