i wake from sleep another morning like any other unaware of the events i m destined to witness as i fall to the ground and destruction surrounds me i am blinded i am deafened by the blow oh how was i to know i wipe the dust from my eyes and through the haze the barren ground where a city used to stand as smoke makes way for suffering can i believe what i am seeing is there nothing left at all oh how the earth is laid to waste by the touch of your hand i ve walked the streets looking for someone searching for something and i ve only found nothing is left for me nothing here is left for me at all the stars lose their shine while nothing but darkness encloses the sky then i begin to see a light in the distance that s calling for me oh how the earth is laid to waste by the touch of your hand 