Five Seconds To Midnight Lyrics

I walked and walked along the shore

Wondering if there was something more

To this existence and resistance and resilience in staying alive

And there along came a sage wise man

Wise in itself, unquestionable

You may wonder why I say he was wise, but he was, just because

And he told me that if I loved someone, then I fulfilled my part

I nodded and I asked, but then, why this heavy feeling in my heart?

Like something is not right

And he said

Can't you see? It's five seconds to midnight

I kept walking inland and I walked so much I don't know to where

So different animals, different people, ones here and others there

Doing what they could, in a cold world where we all suffer to survive

And some times less, some times more, I'd see people prostrate

By a plague that was transmitted through minds

And they'd tell me stories of fights over every and any and no thing

Tearing apart what once was

Most of the time for no reason, and I asked why?

And they said

Can you hear it? It's five seconds to midnight

And in the distance I saw a glow so intense it didn't seem natural

And when I got closer I saw this figure clad in gold

Struggling to stay upright

He looked proud and bold, but greed had to be in him

To bend over before relinquishing the jewels that bent him down

Why all this gold? Why don't you drop it? I hurled at his confused stare

And he told me he conquered all that

And before he would give all that trash up he rather die

And in my heart it was true indeed

We are five seconds away from midnight