They manufactured their fate

Machines still echo in these stark landscapes

Hallucinations of grandeur led them to boast

The distracted culture let the industries clench at their throats

They were choking in their billowy haste

Rising stacks spewed out toxic waste

Lethal injections left a toxic trace

The drugged atmosphere was a heavy embrace

Corrosive gases thickened the atmosphere

They moved through the unknown with their backs toward the mirror



The past comes to life on the Earth sect

Second in line as the Venus Project

War was the priority for their future

It overrode the threat of the fast rising temperature point of no return as they blistered and peeled

It didn't matter though because their fate had been sealed

Trapped inside an envelope of nuclear overkill

They ensured all life to be born still

The earth was pressure cooked as the water fled

The land was filled with the dust from the dead

Small jobs for big egos who let greed corrupt their lives

They knew their future was coming, but illusions diverted their eyes



Global dissonance, a scalding air of silence

Geographic reverberations of apathetic violence



Reminders of their greatness stand grim and barren

alone and useless over vast expanses

The entirety of their race was brainwashed by scare tactics

Unable to see any truth under a veil of distraction

FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR

Kill them before they kill you

The result of that mentality led to...



Lifeless scenes emerge between the clouds of acidic mist

Metalloid structures crowd this puke colored abyss

The past is the only thing living on the planet

A runaway greenhouse affect destroyed everything organic

The species left their impact with radioactive craters

The cities lie flat on this nuclear future

Phase ten complete on the Venus Project

Scorched rocks and molten lead will be the fate of man

Fear echoes strongly in this nuclear wasteland