> ...The foundations of modern civilizations collapsed,

> immersing people into chaos. Many nations sank into

> madness and war. They disappeared, giving way to these

> cursed territories known as Gehenna.

> In the middle of this desolation, some states erected

> ramparts against the barbarism from the outside ... 

> In the name of people's survival, the Phratry,

> the ruling caste, dictated its laws,

> and created a custom made society...

>

 

Chapter 1 : Of Shadows and silence

 

Gardens of concrete, trees of rusted steel lies here,

His mother keeps an eye on him [Always]

Overprotecting, He’s her only child

Giving all her love, while there’s still time!

 

 A life of suffering, A life of sorrow

They are helpless, They fear tomorrow  

They thought they were god now they pray for their sins

These children are doomed... decay within [Pray for our sin]

 

End of innocence,  He is so strong and so calm

“Dad, it’s not your fault if I shall die!” [I try] 

Without a word, without a tear but a smile

Giving all his love, while there’s still time! 

 

 A life of suffering, A life of sorrow

They are helpless, they fear tomorrow 

He thought he was god, now he prays for his sins

His son is doomed... decay within

 

Endless treatment... to lengthen... their life...

And only ten years  to love and cherish our child

 

Disease of the century

Decimate our kids

The wrath of God to punish us

To play with life

Engineering the living

Without limit

Unwanted side effects

And we have lost control

 

A life of suffering, A life of sorrow

They are helpless, they fear tomorrow 

He thought he was god, now he prays for his sins

His son is doomed.... decay within... [Pray for my sin] 

 

[Pray for my sin]

 

> ...In the Phratry’s laboratories, 

> we made miracles : youth treatments, 

> life extensions, body improvements

> and grafts for comfort.

> Only the peers of the Caste had

> access to the prenatal detection of the

> scourge we generated. Of course,

> the common people didn’t have

> this right. But I knew how

> to change things...

>

 

Chapter 2 : A life’s fight

 

I’ve only, 5 years last

5 years to save my child

Countdown begins

As life seeps from his body

 

I have to work on a cure

I need to provide tools

I ask the Phratry

They have the labs I need

 

Your request will be rejected [I try, I try]

Our labs are reserved for The Caste

Our resources will not be wasted

 

This world cannot be so cynical ! [My fight, his cure]

Disobedience becomes a duty [For his future]

 

I beg for their help

Disdainful, they ignore me

There was no hope

I had no other choice 

 

I use their lab

And I work in secret

Illegaly, don’t care

‘Coz it’s the only way

 

Your authorization is canceled [I try, I try]

Our labs are reserved for The Caste

betray us and you will pay for that

 

This world cannot be so cynical ! [My fight, his cure]

Disobedience becomes a duty [For his future]

 

I beg for mercy

My family counts on me

How can I be judged

For trying to save a child

 

They send me in jail

And they disguise the truth

My work is destroyed]

All hope is los

 

Your privileges are canceled [I try, I try]

You are now useless for The Caste

You betrayed us and now you pay for that

 

This world cannot be so cynical ! [For his future]

Disobedience becomes a duty [Here’s my failure]

 

> ...In this windowless cube of concrete,

> I felt time flying away, taking my son to 

> the end of his life. I failed and 

> I left him alone to face the inevitable, 

> at the edge of the abyss of his existence. 

> But the price for my atonement 

> will be far greater than what I had excepted...

>

 

Chapter 3 : Crepuscular glow

 

Shadows fills the bedroom with shady memories

 He won’t be alone, and she is close

 

The silence, so deafening

Foundations, are falling

Act of despair but act of love, 

Is hope above...?

 

The way it ends

hold by the hand

 

How ?

How ?

How can I live ?

 

Sounds of life fade away, waiting for the end

Gives all for her child, for few days of life. 

 

The silence, so deafening

Foundations, are falling

Act of despair but act of love, 

Is hope above...?

 

The way it ends

hold by the hand

 

The silence, so deafening

Foundations, are falling

Act of despair but act of love, 

Is hope above...?

 

The way it ends

She’ll take her son by the hand

 

> ...Losing those I loved most annihilated me. 

> I sank into the limbo of a silent dementia.

> Meanwhile, The Caste lived with excess,

> well protected behind the walls of a 

> science fully dedicated to her... 

> As the common people tried to survive 

> in the ghetto...

>

 

Chapter 4 : A world of perfection

 

Do you fear the attrition of time?

Do you want a defects-free child?

Maybe you’ll prefer a pair of new lungs?

Nothing is too good for you

 

From genes purification

To body modification

Try aesthetic amelioration

 

Welcome to a world

Where perfection is within reach

All your dreams can be fulfilled

Please don’t be anxious

You have the money to pay

And we’ll sweep your fear away

 

You are The Caste and you deserve the best

We’ll do everything for you

All the benefits of our researches

It’s your world made to measure 

 

From genes purification

To body modification

Try aesthetic amelioration

 

Welcome to a world

Where perfection is within reach

All your dreams can be fulfilled

Please don’t be anxious

You have the money to pay

And we’ll sweep your fear away

 

Lottery to heal the population   

Capital cannot be wasted

Medicine as a precious privilege

Equity, we must be fair

 

From genes purification

To body modification

Try aesthetic amelioration

 

Welcome to a world

Where perfection is within reach

All your dreams can be fulfilled

And don’t be anxious

You have the money to pay

And we’ll sweep your fear away

 

> ...As the dream of a quick death haunted my 

> loneliness, the improbable happened. 

> The President of the Phraty came to me 

> and offered freedom for my science. 

> He told me that its descendants was 

> doomed by his sterility. 

> He asked me to create one from its own genes... 

>

 

Chapter 5 : Ex nihilo

 

Is it the price of freedom?

Can I transgress fundamental laws?

Can I create life?

Perverting a technology

For a whimsy need

 

He wanted me to be his instrument

To be used to preserve his power

 

No, I’m not God!

And his genes, won’t be my dust!

No, I’m not God!

 

I’ve still a mission on this world

I've let the magic operate

A life from nothingness

Artificial and grown

 

He wanted me to be his instrument

To be used to preserve his power

 

No, I’m not God

But his genes, will be my dust!

No, I’m not God

 

>...In order to give life to his brood, the President

> dictated new laws,  adjusting taboos of the 

> past for his present needs. Of course, only 

> the Phratry could claim the new rules. 

> He could do it... He was the President...

>

 

Chapter 6 : Prerogative powers

 

Since my childhood, I was prepared for this 

mission, my destiny,

This world is falling apart, but don’t be worried

I’m here for you my fellow citizens,

I won’t let you down, I make a promise

Cause your are the Caste, the powerful 

and the wealthy 

 

You gave me all the powers, and I take them

You’ll be thanked for that

your privileges will be ensured

Exhausted by the sounds of the ghetto

Please close the windows

Citizens distress annoys me, I don’t look below

 

Now I can make the laws that I want , 

for my pleasure, for my own benefit, 

Prohibitions of yesterday won’t be applied to me

Coz I must have a child, but I’m infertile, 

there’s a solution, It’s not a tragedy

My DNA will be the seed  

 

You gave me all the powers, and I take them

You’ll be thanked for that

your privileges will be ensured

Exhausted by the sounds of the ghetto

Please close the windows

Citizens distress annoys me, I don’t look below

 

The miracle of the science will give me 

a son for my descendant

He will be perfect, this is the way I’ve ordered him

A successor, our dynasty, we’ll be rulers for the eternity

World on our hands on the road to immortality

 

You gave me all the powers, and I take them

You’ll be thanked for that

All your privileges will be ensured

Exhausted by the sounds of the ghetto

Please close the windows

Citizens distress annoys me, I don’t look below!

 

> ...My sordid prison became 

> a golden one. The "miracle of life"

> gave a son to the master of Caste 

> and promised him a bright future.

> But I fomented the only destiny

> he deserved...

>

 

Chapter 7 : Irony and punishment

 

I played God

Modern heresy

But there’s no religion to blame me

I have created a life 

From nihility

But there’s no laws to condemn me

 

He put the keys of his vengeance in him

The son will suffer the wrath of the decay within

He’ll give him a chance to live a long life

Only his father will decide to do that

 

I played with life

Unnatural

I wilI pay the price

I gave him life

And a cursed gift

His countdown has begun

 

He put the keys of his vengeance in him

The son will suffer the wrath of the decay within

He’ll give him a chance to live a long life

Only his father will decide to do that

 

He’ll understand

The meaning of despair

And the fear as the days go by

He’ll realize

irony of situation

That his powers are useless

 

He put the keys of his vengeance in him

The son will suffer the wrath of the decay within

He’ll give him a chance to live a long life

Only his father will decide to do that

 

> ...Should a son be condemned for his father's mistakes? 

> I didn’t think so. However, it was the story of a life 

> I hadn’t choose. The President and the Phraty 

> couldn’t leave my acts unpunished. I knew it and 

> I accepted it. They did, what I hadn’t had the courage 

> to do before. Am I a coward ?...

>

 

Chapter 8 : One second after my death

 

 

My mission is over, I waiting for my punishment

I don’t deny, I deserve it, that's all I have to say

I prepared myself for this trip, the one I dreamt for so deep

Don’t wanna be late, I close my eyes, with no one to cry

 

Light of my life goes down

But the ones on the road are still on

I will follow this way

Please, wait me at the end of my day

I’ll be soon with you two

Together again and I’ll take you by the hand 

 

My life is over, and my sorrow fades away

A vengeance for a testament, the cost he has to pay

A selfish epilogue to a wasted life,

have no regret, I close my eyes, with a little smile

 

Light of my life goes down

but the ones on the road are still on

I will follow this way

I’ll be there at the end of your day

I’ll be soon with you two

Together again and I’ll take you by the hand

 

I’ll be soon with you two... / You’ll be soon with me too

We’ll be together again... / Freed and cleared of the pain

A better world for sure... / Dreams of a love so pure 

I’ll take you by the hand / Nothing more to demand

 

I’ll be soon with you two... 

We’ll be together again... 

A better world for sure... 

I’ll take you by the hand!

 

> ... While the sand of life flowed inexorably from 

> his child, I saw my last hour to arrive.

> The President came to wish me to wander in limbo

> for eternity. And just before the veil of eternity

> covered me, I confessed him that I won’t be the one

> who will kill an innocent...

>

 

Chapter 9 : Altered sequence

 

Love 

How can you measure 

The love of a father

To a son who’s dying

 

Life 

How can you be so sure

That you will give your life

For a son who’s dying

 

Giving, a part of you

Even, you'll pay with your life

Giving! Coz he needs you

Even, If he’ll take your life

 

Wrath

A programmed decay

Irreversible

A life that goes away

 

Fear

As the days go by

The anxiety

The tears and the cries

 

Giving, a part of you

Even, you'll pay with your life

Giving! Coz he needs you

Even, If he’ll take your life

 

Rules

In need of new organs

And only one donor

My posthumous vengeance

 

End

Mister President

Your life for his life 

The choice is now in your hands

 

Giving, a part of you

Even, you'll pay with your life

Giving! Coz he needs you

Even, If he’ll take your life

 

> ...I was not anymore. The lust for power,

> greed and selfishness perverted a future

> that we could make brighter...

>

> 

> ... I dreamed of a world of perfection ...

>

>

> ... End of report.