Billowing black smoke signals the beginning of the end,
The beginning of the collapse under the weight of our decadence
Greed and blind faith, the albatross hanging low from our neck
Is sinking us into the earth that we have hollowed out
Imploding in slow motion
Collapsing in on itself
We have sentenced ourselves to doom
Keeling over from a heart suffering atrophy and drunk on the blood that it pumps
Diminishing returns supporting untenable lifestyles
Fiddling as Rome burns, the center cannot hold.