The Chords That Thrum Beneath the Earth

Etched in forever, the sum of all that was and all that will be;
 Humanity's agonal breath
 It whispers through the trees
 A call to nothing
 Violence, in the chords that thrum beneath the earth
 A low note, it carries on the winds
 To every riven channel's depths
 And to every quiet corner,
 Where history resonates
 Malice, in the chords that thrum beneath the earth
 (Beneath the earth)
 And in the breaking light, we'll see the world for what it is
 Darkness unredeemable
 The looming crescendo of the merciless
 Dragging all to stillness
 The world turns, to the chords that thrum beneath the earth
 Beneath the earth
 We walk to the glow of forest fires
 Wading in paths of black ink,
 All things of beauty are forgotten; every night is come
 The world: at its end and unending