as a culture we tread crooked in the brume of unrest as a culture we careen down a narrow path overgrown with blight as a culture we trample over the disharmony of natures decline as a culture we are rank with the miasma of oppression we must shed the darkness of the spirit and bare our souls to the solitude of reality we must burn all weakness in the spirit and spare our souls the misery of downfall we must transform the core of the spirit and guide our souls to the light of wisdom transfigure at earths behest transfigure the earth commands man has transfigured the earth now we must transfigure ourselves 