The Rancorous Paradigm
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Enter the era of vain
We are now living in a time of vanity and self-absorption.

Serenity lost, the vicious will reign
Peacefulness has disappeared and cruel people will prevail.

Embracement of your spiteful egos, the last one of your kind
We are the last ones of our kind to embrace our hostile egos.

Accolades to conceit, obfuscation of the mind
We are proud of our arrogance and it is causing us to become confused.

Crowning the glorious creation
We have successfully created something magnificent.

Evolved into a beast of devastation
However, it has turned into a destructive monster.

Will is lost to a greater desire, the powers within reach
We are no longer in control of our actions due to our powerful desires.

Draining hope of the absent-minded as altruism depletes
Our lack of concern for others is causing those who don't pay attention to lose hope.

Lead: Lindström
This part of the song is instrumental.

Follow now the will of affinity jaded
We are now following the desires of our corrupt hearts.

Rotten to the core, the tolerance faded
We have become wholly corrupt and our ability to accept others has disappeared.

Bred from the spawn of a species forlorn
We were created from a desperate, lost species.

Shards of mankind shattered and torn
We, as humans, are broken and damaged.

Rejected and cast down from the source of our beliefs
We have been rejected by what we used to believe in.

The elder writings and the creatures of deceit
The books and beings we used to trust have become deceptive.

Despise all meaning of their pitiful ways
We have grown to hate the old ways of thinking.

Forgotten and silent in their unmarked graves
Those who used to believe in the old ways have been forgotten and left for dead.

Sacrilegious human debris
We have become ungodly and destructive creatures.

An offering to the gods of greed
We are willing to give ourselves up to our insatiable greed.

Lying in wait for the ancients to rise
We are waiting for the ancient gods to return.

Breathing death and everlasting demise
However, when they come back, death and destruction will come with them.

As you wither away into the blackened shrines
As we die and our legacy fades away.

The ones at power a nocturnal divine
Those in power are seen as gods in the darkness.

A celebration to our greatest deed
Our greatest achievement is something to be celebrated.

Let the feeble rot
We don't care about the weak.

Now kill to feed
We are willing to kill in order to fulfill our desires.

Fires burn at the heart of your delusion
Our self-deception is leading to destruction.

Failed to see the staring eyes of guilt
We are not aware of our own guilt.

Your wicked mind has now reached the conclusion
Our evil thoughts have led us to a final decision.

As the searing void runs you through
We will be destroyed by a painful emptiness.

Final dying words of a cosmos set aflame
The last words of a universe burning to the ground.

Long forgotten keys to avoid the ardent pain
Keys to stop the suffering have long been forgotten.

Bringing forth the full reach of your poison need
Our toxic desires have been completely unleashed.

Forfeit attempt to halt Armageddon
The attempt to prevent the apocalypse has failed.

Once risen as the breed in triumph
We used to be a successful species.

A paradigm of rancor, self-inflicted failure
However, now we are a model of bitterness and our downfall is our own doing.

No new beginning
There is no hope for a fresh start.

No meaning will be seen
There will be no purpose seen in our destruction.

The fall of all marks closure to the cycle
The end of everything signifies the end of a cycle.