The Overlords (1977)

He sails across a timeless sky

Like the dragon that follows the rising sun

Over the mountains the birds fly

Singing the lyrics of a war undone

The mystery of the animals that never died

Who lived on to see the air disappear

Blackened lights faded away and children cried

Seeking answers they would never hear

Secret dynasties whose rulers failed in using others

Misty fogs now enveloping Buddhist statues that slowly erode

The strange people who could have never been brothers

Walking to nowhere and following a forgotten road

The road has ended in a world unknown to all

A silent dream has become a vicious nightmare

Tempests rage and voices of spirits continuously call

Those flattering replies of those who do not care

Dragons cross your mountainous terrain

They fly across the skies and observe the rising sun

And some stranger brings an unwanted rain

To a valley where the overlord is the only one.

The overlords will die as the wingless birds fall

Tigers eat our useless men leaving the people nothing to eat

And it is now that our mighty ruler fails to call

For he has been consumed by men who craved his meat