[Verse 1: Chris Harms]
They walked this withered wasteland
The taste of ash in every breath
A violent past forsaken
The creeds did breed contempt

[Verse 2: Chris Harms]
Seeking grace and beauty in the wreckage
Pure wisdom hides away in the decay
The shadowed truth foretold the message
The darkest heart can lead the right way

[Pre-Chorus: Pi Stoffers, Chris Harms]
Here in ruins life still grows
Here in ruins, a blooming rose
Here in ruins, love remains
We will rise again

[Chorus: Chris Harms]
So don't let your downfall be destiny
Don't blame the stars
So don't let your downfall be destiny
The moment is ours

[Verse 3: Chris Harms]
All monuments now remnants
The grandiose reduced to dust
Those sacred names abolished
This future we must trust
[Verse 4: Chris Harms]
It is our duty to replenish
Envisage life eclipsing death and fate
From sallow youth to the decrepit
The tarnished start to reason faith

[Chorus: Chris Harms]
So don't let your downfall be destiny
Don't blame the stars
So don't let your downfall be destiny
The moment is ours

[Interlude: Lord of the Lost]
Whoa
Whoa
Wacken!
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa

[Pre-Chorus: Pi Stoffers, Chris Harms]
Here in ruins life still grows
Here in ruins, a blooming rose
Here in ruins, love remains
We will rise again

[Bridge: Chris Harms]
Hope is here, so near
Hope is here, a new life
Hope is here, so near
Hope is here, a new life
[Chorus: Chris Harms]
So don't let your downfall be destiny
Don't blame the stars
So don't let your downfall be destiny
The moment is ours

[Interlude: Lord of the Lost]
Wacken, sing
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh
Wacken!
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh

[Verse 5: Chris Harms]
They walked this withered wasteland
The sense of hope in each step
[?]
Oh, whoa, oh
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh

Wacken!