At dawn they arise, clad for battle The sound of drums across the barren lands Troops in arms marching side by side Callous eyes lust for pandemonium Campaign of death in the name of evil Seething furies about to wreak havoc The elders had foreseen a torched horizon Soldiers of death under supreme command Slaying, maiming, burning and looting The skies are ablaze; a crimson night falls The slaughter continues incessantly, relentlessly No one is spared - be it woman or child Helpless cries cut off by thundering flames The ancient truth is revealed - a torched horizon Blackened earth once rich and fertile Now drenched with gore of the dead and wounded Beneath an ashen sky the bodies are strewn All remnants of life reduced to ashes Mournful clouds bear witness to the inferno The brutal ending to a futile struggle Nothing but death beyond a torched horizon