Riders of the night are screaming hard upon my heels

Princely lords of chaos forging black and fiery wheels

And the mother of the earth is being widowed in my sight

Father of deception using wrong instead of right



And the moon overshadows the sun

And the masters of war carry on

While the fools and jokers make fun

Oh, see them run



Sister of illusion bend and follow in their mould

Brother of opinion just remember what you're told

That a weapon in a traitor's hand will harm you twice as bad

Forests of indifference guaranteed to make you mad



And the moon overshadows the sun

And the masters of war carry on

While the fools and jokers make fun

Oh, see them run



They can't be playing

Turning me upside down (down)

They've got me praying

I'll end up in the ground (oh yeah)



When they've burnt up everything

And killed the air for me to breathe

Still they would be thinking there was more they could achieve

Then at last they would be beaten

For alone they all would stand

Looking at each other just as if it had been planned



And the moon disappears with the sun

And the masters are masters of none

While the fools and the jokers are gone

Now they're one

Oh how they run (oh)



They can't be playing

Turning me upside down (down)

They've got me praying

I'll end up in the ground



And the moon overshadows the sun

And the masters are masters of none

While the fools and the jokers are gone

Now they're one