The pact unsworn, the oath is gone Reaped what sown, harvest undone Now earth as hard as iron drawn Every fallen one denied welcome More, forevermore Reprise the promise of yore No more, nevermore When at last sun winter frees Hunger revives as sleep recedes Eternal greed must mortal feed Veracious idols with gift and creed Into the night... Slaver falls on fields beneath Grinding teeth prayers heaved Plague on pleas, blight upon kneeled Sardonic bile starving gods will bleed Famine far from satisfied Every marked of age exiled And those of weakened stride Embraced by eventide, of rivers wide Rage, burn and rave on close of day As I have given you life My gift is mine to take away Go gentle into the night, my child