Clash of the Two Tribes

Old man, tell us of the past before the wastelands: we must know at last
 Legends, stories we have heard but you lived when the mighty fires scorched the world
 Son, I remember, The elder said; A time of chaos, a time of dread
 In the east awoke the sleeping bear
 Its roar of anger reached where eagles dare
 Ideologies uncompromised became the seeds of hatred and despise
 We would do anything lest all we knew be destroyed
 We would do anything we could to avoid the clash
 Diplomatic tension, coiled up as a spring
 If unleashed would surely bring us to the brink of destruction
 So what lay ahead; our survival on a razors edge
 Naturally assured destruction seemed at last the only way peace could be guaranteed
 We would do anything lest all we knew be destroyed
 We would do anything we could to avoid the clash
 Two sides of the world, alliances formed dividing the earth for the oncoming storm
 An arms race like never before provided the tools of the ultimate war
 Lead: Vega
 No one knows who cast the first stone but surely the die had been thrown
 War waged at the highest of costs: all hope for the future was finally lost
 Elimination imminent all bridges burnt all chances spent
 Technology and wealth would cease for patriotic pride to please
 The cry of a billion souls as one
 The world as we knew it came undone
 Lead: Rockbag