Sky Turned Red
Atrocity Lyrics

An old weak, grey man on the hill
There's an elderly man standing alone on a hill. He appears frail and sad.

Alone, sad he looks down, down the vale
He stares solemnly into the valley below him, lost in thought and sadness.

He remembers the old days, shadows of past
He reminisces about his past, now only shadows in his memory.

The old days, memories he's lost
He's struggling to hold onto the memories of his younger years, which are fading away.

He's searching for reasons, recalling the past
He's trying to make sense of his life and the world around him by looking back and analyzing his past experiences.

For reasons, fractive remains
He's left with fragments of memories and emotions that he's trying to piece together into a clear understanding.

He has before his eyes
He sees

As the sky turned red
The sky changed color and became red

Changed the world it's face
This event had a profound impact on the world, altering its appearance and perhaps its essence.

Naught was anymore like before
Nothing was the same after this event.

Fertile days were gone
The productive, healthy time had passed, possibly never to return.

Many moons raised and set since that time
A long time has passed since that event.

Now he's afraid of the return
The man is now scared that this event may happen again.

He has settled life once and for all
He has come to terms with his life and the world, and he's made peace with them.

He looks at the ruins of nature
He takes in the devastation of the natural world caused by humans.

Mankind's work is done
Humans have caused irreversible harm to nature.

Vermins stay behind the downfall
Only pests and vermin remain in the aftermath of this environmental disaster.

Weeds grow apace
The only thing that's thriving in this wasteland is weeds.

Withered trees, degenerated
The trees have died or are dying, and the land is deteriorating.

Desolated, tract of country
The place is barren, and nothing is living or growing there.

Storming clouds, Unnatural colour
The clouds in the sky have an ominous, unnatural color.

Threatening, mystic phenomena
There's a sense of danger and mystery in the air.

Birds flight away
The birds are flying away, leaving this place.

With them our dreams
Our hopes and dreams are leaving with the birds, as this place is no longer able to sustain them.

Years of destination
Years of hope and promise for the future.

Took life away
Those hopes and dreams were destroyed.

Inactive all the time
People are apathetic and inactive in the face of these problems.

Man's sense of guilt
People feel guilty for their actions that caused this environmental crisis.

Now bones like glass
The harm to the environment is now so vast and severe that it's irreversible.

He never can take measures
The man recognizes that it's too late to fix these environmental issues, and the damage has been done.

(Sky turned red)
The event of the sky turning red is being remembered again.

The omen strikes again
People realize that the event was a warning that's now coming to fruition.

(Sky turned red)
The memory of the sky turning red lingers.

The back of beyond
An isolated and desolate place, far from civilization and hope.

Naught was anymore like before
Nothing was ever the same after the sky turned red.

As the sky turned red
The event of the changing sky-color.

Fertile days were gone
The prosperous and productive time was over.