Iced Earth - The Prophecy [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

I can see clearly now
A painful vision indeed
An attack on hallowed ground from high above

Alien to us, the species known as man
A serious threat in the eyes of the Elder

So heed my warning
Before our own existence falls near extinct
Our culture is lost in ancient mystery
Covered in the sands of time

The secret few survive the massacre this night
In secret they will meet a new society

Ten thousand years from now a child will be born
I've seen the vision, the writing on the wall
He'll walk the earth two thousand years or more
Paving the way for mankind's fall

So there is hope, you see
We must act with great speed
Assemble the chosen, the ones to lead
And morph them in the likeness of man

Oppressed for centuries
Await the prophecy
The child will set us free
Reclaim it rightfully

We'll take their identity
And live among them free
All the while plotting events
That mold their history
We'll build the perfect beast
In the knowledge that they seek
If it takes ten thousand years
We never will retreat

Assassins we will be through human history
Jesus Christ to Kennedy, the Domino Decree
Disciples of the Watch, prepare the coming curse
If it takes ten thousand years
We never will retreat

And so our world is doomed
We'll lay claim again some day
There is hope in the birth of one
So many centuries away