Mistakes were made

I watched the fire spread in slow motion

Horror on my silent tongue

Powerless to stop it

I watch as it goes down

With the strange clairvoyance of Cassandra

Nothing I can say anymore

I have lost the ability to speak

I just shake my head and sip my coffee

Later I will rend my clothes in despair

As you sing songs of sweet oblivion

But now I watch our self immolation