Here in the Barren Lands.

...they grind the rocks into gravel 

with hammers forged from the ore mined from the earth

moving mountains that reach to the stars that they have mapped and charted according to their route around The Sun. 

They drill and dig the earth and they build towers to the sky.

Here in the Barren Lands.

Steel, Iron, and Glass

Guns, Diamonds, and Gold

building castles and temples from the ruins of the old

The earth and her children have been bought and sold

Here in the Barren Lands.

You slashed and burned the forest to graze your sheep

by the still waters as my children weep

You plunder our villages and pillage our camps

you've bashed our babies heads against walls we've built with our own hands

Here in the Barren Lands.

 Empires and gods made in the image of man
the seeds you have sown will be reaped by your hand
bow to your knees and prepare to stand

Here in the Barren Lands.