As a child we grow and play
Color blind, universal love
Little drama, little pain
No shed of blood 

Spend your time as a small soul
Observing the world, learning to grow
Released as a young adult, to make a choice
But still few hear your voice 

The eighties pass, nineties advance
We feel somewhat strong, in past tense
Teenage years, happiness, tears
Emotional turmoil, maturity comes, high school years
But we graduate with many fears 

World unraveling, tension grows
Violence prevails, stories told 

Millennium comes, terror begins
Revelations says the world shall end
Us against the world, a nation under God
Taking over, demolition
What exactly is coalition? 

Nuclear power, biological weapons
No one here has learned a lesson
Two towers that stood so tall
We stand by and watch them fall 

We will be the end of us
World power gone corrupt
Turning nations abroad against us 

We should have listened, we should have heard
But higher powers follow Lucifer
Keep on this path, we’ll feel the wrath
One final blow will let us know
We should have never begun the show Once a day of birth
We will be the end of earth

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