The grounds of a new foundation Raised on the ashes of the last As all too soon it is forgotten The rise and ruin of the past The premise of a new conviction Raised on the vestiges of the old As all too soon they are deserted The yarns and legends once foretold The raising of a new condition Conceived in semblance of the late As all too soon they turn unnoted The alterations of our fate Legions quest for declaration Amongst the ruins of decay As all too soon they turned unlikely The comprehensions of today The symbols of deserted eons Are living though the flags are torn The turning of another cycle Will instigate both rise and fall The advent of another morning Has ever waited to befall But all too soon they are persisted The fallen structures of before