Ashen Skies - Hostile Architecture Lyrics

Cities of doom
No room for the meek
Phallic monuments to victimized humanity
Cardboard castles
Where dreams turn to dust
Monstropolis chews you up
Then spits out the husk

Fractured souls
A silent plea
Cast out to wander endlessly

This hostile world
A fortress built
On scraps of hope
And ruined trust
Where comfort's outlawed
Solace stilled
War on the meekest
Marks our dusk

We hang onto a comforting lie
It could never be I
Could never be me
Indemnity
Apathy
My enemy

Numb to each other
Numb to the pain
In slow surrender
Life
A flickering flame
Lost in the spiral
Dignity in vain
Another soul is an echo
Another whispered name

Virtue signals
Hollow reality show

Chaos
A discordant display
Dissonance reigns
A symphony of decay
The end hangs heavy in the air
Our destiny
A descent into despair

Children of concrete
Raised cavalier
No empathy programmed
Just synthetic tears
(We hang onto a comforting lie)
Thoughts and prayers
It's fear
(We could never deny)
Fear