The Writing On The Wall

Album: Senjutsu (2021)
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  • Across a painted desert lies a train of vagabonds
    All that's left of what we were, it's what we have become
    Once our empires glorious but now the empire's gone
    The dead gave us the time to live and now our time is done

    Now we are victorious, we've become our slaves
    A land of hope and glory, building graveyards for the brave

    Have you seen the writing on the wall?
    Have you seen that writing?
    Can you see the riders on the storm?
    Can you see them riding?
    Can you see them riding?

    Holding on to fury, is that all we ever know?
    Ignorance our judge and jury all we've got to show
    From Hollywood to Babylon, holy war to kingdom come
    On a trail of dust and ashes, when the burning sky is done
    A tide of change is coming and that is what you fear
    The earthquake is a coming, but you don't want to hear
    You're just too blind to see

    Have you seen the writing on the wall?
    Have you seen that writing?
    Can you see the riders on the storm?
    Can you see them riding?
    Can you see them riding, riding next to you?

    Have you seen the writing on the wall?
    Have you seen that writing?
    Can you see the riders on the storm?
    Can you see them riding?

    Have you seen the writing on the wall?
    Have you seen that writing?
    Can you see the riders on the storm?
    Can you see them riding?
    Can you see them riding, riding next to you? Writer/s: Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Fatfnr from EarthI think you are wrong about the meaning. I think this has way more to do with modern times. But most are to blind to see the warnings we were given by way more intelligent people than us. So because of that. The writing is on the wall.
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