"Facing the Empty Sea"
(A Lament for the Last Men)
[Verse 1]
We stand where the waves once roared,
Now cracked earth and hollow shore.
The sky weeps dust, the wind’s a dirge,
A funeral march for the dying world.
[Verse 2]
We burned the forests, poisoned the rain,
Turned rivers to veins of rust and pain.
The factories hummed, the bombs took flight,
Now silence sings in the endless night.
[Chorus]
Oh, what have we done?
The war is won, but the war was all.
No birds left to mourn, no seeds to sow,
Just ghosts in the ruins of a world we broke.
[Verse 3]
The last tree fell with no one to hear,
Its roots like bones in a shallow grave.
We drank the last drop, cursed the thirst,
Now even our tears have turned to dirt.
[Bridge]
No God to forgive, no devil to blame,
Just the weight of the name we carved in vain.
Homo sapiens—the wise, they said,
But wisdom dies with the last breath.
[Chorus]
Oh, what have we done?
The war is won, but the war was all.
No birds left to mourn, no seeds to sow,
Just ghosts in the ruins of a world we broke.
[Outro]
So we’ll lie down where the sea once swayed,
Close our eyes as the light decays.
Let the sand take our hands, our shame, our sins—
The last men to drown in the empty wind.
