Alan Walker-Fade (ZaleLes Remix) - ZaleLes

We learned to band together and endeavor

Clasp our hands together

Man developed language letters

An incredible advantage getting plans together

But would we stand the test of time

Against the planet's reckless climate

And it's angry weather

Spread the sails

And head west against the gales

And storms aboard norse longboats

With decks as dense as nails

Our aim was riding waves

And finding claiming strange horizons

Invading islands

Native populations slain with violence

Enslaved and made to aim skyward

Think of bigger things sphinxes pyramids

Raise them high in the name of different kings

The different things we've held sacred divine

Through places and times

The range of supplications and rites

Through ages we find

Nations arise

As old civilizations crumble to dust

Becoming strangers in time waiting to die

Replaced in the night

The day breaks and the light changes

Illuminating newer human faces as fights rage

The human race is facing the might

Of righteous states who would write

The history books even if it took a knife's blade

To find the right page

Sengoku jidai

Men offered to die

For the honor of a warrior's life

The sun's coming and we're watching it rise

As a new era's here it's as solid as iron

Pull the tongs from the fire

Strike the hammer to the anvil

Craft a weapon to bring an enemy to a standstill

The blacksmith is the wizard that gives us

These powers devour enemies

Leaping down from the siege towers

The better the tech is

The lesser the effort to wreck it

The less time to see their eyes

And feel sympathetic

Never regret it

A true knight never stays a true blade

Never says touch

But would forever lay in blue rays of weathered glades

To demonstrate his never ending dedication

To the crusade

Reformation through flame

And after the cremation is a new age

Time's quill is quick to spill it's ink onto a new page

The faces are the same as when in days gone

But brains are cultivated thus creating

The renaissance

We're still using steel tools to stay strong

Replacing blades with greater trades

Pen and paper song

Faith in god is tested hiding in the desert

Men excited then enlightened by the scientific method

Tried describing it's expression

By inscribing his impression

When applying it to heavenly bodies

That everybody reckoned

Must have been made by a creator or a greater force

Nature's author faced examination never faced before

The grace of horse and rider

Replaced by wars and violence

Debased the laws of science

Made the case for all the pious

Why is it progress always leads to loads of mess

The western region spread across the globe and coalesced

Settlers spread disease with effortless ease

Was it reckless or did it just happen inevitably

While evidently we never can see

Through the lens of this century

But there's no retreating now

Whether or not it was meant to be

The seven seas were sailed

Navies prevailed

Leaving trails of devastation in their wake

As people wailed

A world of wonder plundered traded in the name of progress

But human nature's way shows we should expect no less

Oh yes struck by the realisation this is just civilisation

In the natal stages of industrialisation trust me when I say

That previous achievements are just child's play

Compared to this colossal school of thought

We set the world ablaze with fossil fuel we bought

It's an epiphany

Giving us pretty much infinite energy

It's electricity

Edison Nikola Tesla different inventors

Giving us everything we depend on

Whether it's engines cinema television or telecoms

Sending a message and spreading it on

These unreal frontier channels

We develop the tech and then sell it on

The reel travels round

With the speed of a machine gun's barrels

Machinery's a meaner beast and we're still in the saddle

No need for cavalry battle superseded that with ease

Allies and axis

Charging each other like batteries

A power vacuum allowing the superstates to flourish

Redistribute the food even if it means people are malnourished

Propaganda is the only view that you're allowed to publish

'Cause totalitarians are well aware of how to punish

Gunning down numbers countless

For doubtless nothings that they've done

But that won't stop subversive insurgents

From coming out with courage

Using their power to the fullest

Whether creativity or demonstrating general relativity

Evidently when we find time to be efficient

Einsteinian clear vision can reveal the precision behind the blinds

Nuclear fission

Despite