The birth of a tyrant

Shells explode and tear the night apart. People grow used to it. It's how they live. For centuries, the wars have raged and burned. The fate of generations has been sealed. There is no light through smoke and flame. You're born, you live, you die on this Forsaken ground. The Almighty turned away. Won't look into this darkness anymore. At foolish men and those who made This cruel and senseless war. Let them fight for power. Let them fight to prove who's right. But all they leave inside our souls Is emptiness and night. You came into this world so pure and clean. Your fragile cry broke through the air. Warm hands reached out and pulled you close. You heard a heartbeat beating there. Safe and warm in your mother's arms. You knew no fear, no grief, no pain. But years go by and turn to dust. The tenderness we knew remains. The Almighty turned away. Won't look into this darkness Anymore. At foolish men and those who made This cruel and senseless war. Let them fight for power. Let them fight to prove who's right. But all they leave inside our souls Is emptiness and night. You came here like an angel. You learned the world, you watched it turn. What you could not have today, Tomorrow you would take and earn. But fate can change and cut and tear, Can rip a living heart apart. A happy child can never know how heavy life Will make his heart. Yesterday, you were a little boy Playing war with a wooden sword. Today, you cannot see yourself, The monster you have now become. Nations bowed before your will. Cities lay in ruins at your feet. The mother who gave birth to you never knew What you would be. Many years would pass before her son conceived his Darkest plan. And on that fatal blackened night, A tyrant first came into the world. The Almighty turned away. Won't look into this darkness Anymore. At foolish men and those who made This cruel and Senseless war. Let them fight for power. Let them fight to prove who's right. But all they leave inside our souls Is emptiness and night. Shells explode and tear the night apart. And still we ask, How long can mankind live this way?