A Coviode...

The roads were empty, so were the skies
Hope reflecting in tired eyes
They walked home with fear as headloads
'Tis been long since I gave in to odes

Where they had toiled, where they had sweated
Where they had dreamed, there they were gutted
That land spat them out when came the viroids
'Tis been long since I gave in to odes

Crushed and bloodied, battered and hungry
Gored, devastated, embittered, angry
Countering the demons, questioning the gods
'Tis been long since I gave in to odes

Those who had once built and created
How could they lie thus mutilated?
Far from peace, far from abodes
'Tis been long since I gave in to odes