The World Shrugged

I see a cross, so rotten and sad

I see a flag, a bloody torn rag

Oh, the games we play

Oh, the lies we tell

Oh, the hearts that are broken

Between heaven and hell



And the stones will fall, never to rise

And the world will shrug, and close her eyes



In this black night

In these jaws of steel

All our battles lost

Beneath an iron hill



Oh, what damned mankind

And all his woes

And I'd murder Cupid

With his bow



And the stones will fall, never to rise

And the world will shrug, and close her eyes



Across this earth

A poison seeps

From house to house

That plague does creep



With smiles and whispers

To blunt our swords

With fools' gold

For us all



And the stones will fall, never to rise

And the world will shrug and close her eyes

And simply say "goodbye"