As parasites we grovel - through the dust A temple devoured - by the ancient fires Autumn falls hard on restless flesh Persistence buried in the sands of time The grey man kissed the mud Circular the ruins - in a dawn without birds Crowned by the deities of death Streets as cracks in the skin To drink from the night itself Webs of perdition - crush the rushing earth The aching void lures - promising rebirth Order from chaos - every thought a tool Order from chaos - profaned by the burned and the dead