We Are The Sand

'We were the rider and we were the hearse
We were the salvation and we were the curse'
We were the shadows
Hiding from the breaking day
And we were the flames
That once burned entire worlds away
Upon our broken dreams, we lay our heads
And fall into a slumber deep, with dreams as hard as lead
Tired of the tyrants, drained of tears to weep
We hope the sun will never wake us
As mankind slowly falls asleep
We were the wind
Caressing the Towers of Silence
And we were the storm
That once raged upon the welkin
We were the rain
Falling heavy upon the hearts of men
And we were the clouds
That usurped the warmth of the sun, again and again
Upon our broken dreams, we lay our heads
And fall into a slumber deep, we dream among the dead
Tired of this broken soil, the dark beneath our feet
We pray the sun will never wake us
As life itself falls asleep
We are the sand in the hourglass
Rushing towards our destined end
We are the sand of the ever-growing desert
Towards our world descends
We are the sand
We are the storm
We are the wind
Of a world outworn
We are the sand
We are the storm
We are the wind
Never to be reborn