Ancient sun descends Quieting the land As the night frosts life into the dawn Moonlight takes command Predators ascend As the hunt feeds life into the dawn In the ruthless Pleistocene An ice age swept across the Earth Bearing grasslands that were sparse Avid ice sheets claim their turf Aurochs grazing in the fields Ibex gather to survive Mammoths heard together in fear They are hunted They are hunted Carnivorous are the apex predators Exploiting bogs, they close in for the kill Thrusting spears, leaving stone tools in their wake Smashing bones into rock, sucking marrow out Strategic slaughter; taking down, big game Powerful musculature; they kill at close range Skinning quarry; knives made out of stone Antlers to shaft; the first craftsmanship is born Fires burn in a musty grotto hearth Emeralds glow in the sky Emeralds glow in the sky People of great mystery Bred out by Homo sapiens Lived and died by the rules of carnivores Extinct never to be seen again In the ruthless Pleistocene An ice age swept across the Earth Bearing grasslands that were sparse Avid ice sheets claim their turf Aurochs grazing in the fields Ibex gather to survive Mammoths heard together in fear They are hunted