Intro
D#m B
D#m B
D#m B
D#m B
[Verse 1]
D#m B C#
G# thousand years from now on
D#m B C#
The flame of life's gone out
D#m B C#
The earth - a frozen wasteland
F# D#m B
No living trace - no sounds
D#m B C#
The world did die in anguish
D#m B C#
The ashes turned to dust
D#m C#
Fire and ice - blackness of night
F#
Man's evolution has lost
[Chorus]
G#m F#
Don't tell me that we didn't know
G#m F#
And that we haven't been told
G#m F# D#m C#
The final s.o.s. we all ignored
C# D#m B D#m B
We've seen the writing on the wall
D#m B D#m B
The writing on the wall
[Verse 2]
D#m B C#
The science of the madman
D#m B C#
Was getting out of control
D#m B C#
For every creature comfort
F# D#m B
There is a heavy toll
D#m B C#
We turned on mother nature
D#m B C#
Stabbed her deep in a back
D#m C#
We ripped out her lungs - poisoned her veins
F#
Internal acid attack
[Chorus]
G#m F#
Don't tell me that we didn't know
G#m F#
And that we haven't been told
G#m F# D#m C#
The final s.o.s. we all ignored
C# D#m B D#m B
We've seen the writing on the wall
D#m B D#m B
The writing on the wall
D#m B D#m B
Seen the writing on the wall
[Solo]
G#m F#
G#m F#
G#m F# D#m
C# C#
D#m B
D#m B
[Verse 3]
D#m B C#
I'm just painting a picture
D#m B C#
Of how it could be
D#m C#
But time's running out - the clock's ticking down
F#
You're not blind - can't you see
[Chorus]
G#m F#
Don't tell me that we still don't know
G#m F#
And that we're not being told
G#m F# D#m C#
The final s.o.s. we shouldn't ignore
D#m B D#m B
Just read the writing on the wall
D#m B D#m B
The writing on the wall
D#m B D#m B
Read the writing on the wall
D#m B D#m B
The writing on the wall
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