The Return Of Sodom ©

[Intro] Was Sodom only a city? Was Gomorrah only a place? Or was it a warning… About something living inside the human heart? And tell me… If it returned today… Would we recognize it? [Verse 1] I see a world intoxicated By every hunger it can feed A generation taught to follow Every impulse, every need Pleasure crowned as highest wisdom Truth exchanged for what feels good People building new foundations Where conscience once had stood The mirrors grow increasingly larger The soul grows harder to find And what was once called warning Is now celebrated as a sign [Pre-Chorus] What happens when desire rules? What happens when nothing remains sacred? What happens when every boundary falls? And no one asks why? [Chorus] The return of Sodom Is not fire from the sky It begins the moment people stop asking Whether a thing is true or right The return of Gomorrah Lives deeper than a place It begins when appetite becomes king And replaces grace And still the voices shout: „More freedom! More desire!“ While never seeing The chains behind the fire [Verse 2] People speak of liberation Yet become servants of their wants Calling every urge authentic While their inner freedom is lost The body becomes an altar The self becomes a throne And every craving seeks a kingdom To call its very own And tell me… What becomes of love without sacrifice? What becomes of truth without cost? What becomes of a civilization When the soul itself is lost? [Pre-Chorus] Why do people fear restraint? Why do they fear responsibility? Why does every generation Mistake indulgence for liberty? [Chorus] The return of Sodom Is not fire from the sky It begins the moment people stop asking Whether a thing is true or right The return of Gomorrah Lives deeper than a place It begins when appetite becomes king And replaces grace And still the voices shout: „More freedom! More desire!“ While never seeing The chains behind the fire [Bridge] The warning was never about punishment. The warning was about consequence. A soul cannot endlessly abandon itself Without becoming lost. A people cannot endlessly worship desire Without forgetting who they are. [Breakdown] The greatest judgment Is not destruction. The greatest judgment Is confusion. Calling darkness light. Calling slavery freedom. Calling emptiness fulfillment. And believing it. [Build-Up] Can we still hear the soul? Can we still recognize truth? Can we still choose meaning Over impulse? Can we still choose love Over appetite? Can we still remember What was forgotten? [Final Chorus – Epic Symphonic Metal] The return of Sodom May already stand among us Not in cities built of stone But in hearts that forgot their purpose The return of Gomorrah May already fill the air Whenever desire becomes a god And nobody seems to care Yet every soul still holds a choice Beneath the noise and fear To remember who it was Before the idols appeared [Outro – Piano & Violin | Male & Female Together] Perhaps Sodom was never merely history. Perhaps it was a mirror. And perhaps the question was never: „Has it returned?“ But rather: „Will we recognize it When it does?“ *** https://ranjanflury.wordpress.com/202...