Rage at the Sky



Out there in the sweltering red desert
Just another day under a perfect blue sky
You came
Not knowing what you were destroying
You came
Bringing thunder in your storm
You loomed on my horizon
And you pounded my world to pieces

Rage at the sky
Scream defiance

You didn't just take my friends
You didn't just take my home
You didn't just take my sister
You had to take away my dream

You had to pound the future of this desert
Back to the dust that filled it
Among the dead, I never found my sister
But I found tiny pieces of her vision

Rage at the sky
Scream defiance

How can I let it go
It didn't make sense
Useless
Let the water flow
My sister says
Remember me

When you came back to finish the job
I stood against you, fair fight this time
My turn to pound you, my turn to take
Your turn to scream and rage at the sky

In the shattered remains of that battle
I finally saw with my sister's eyes
Her dream to return to the sweltering desert
And grow a new day under the perfect blue sky

Notes: A Judas Priest-esque ballad, about what happened to Jia and Delanya on Mars. It encapsulates a long, long story that is still taking place...

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