I am in the sky and in the clouds and in the air you breathe,
Infecting all creation, deep inside I plant the seed.
I am just a candle in the darkness but I burn so bright,
A beacon for your anger, a torch that summons you to fight.
I am in your heart and in your hopes and in the dreams you dream,
I am the life inside you, the source that spawns your every need.
I am in your hatred and your suffering and the tears you cry,
The flame that makes your blood boil, the force that never lets you die.

Just as the flowers, the grass, and the trees fight a war over every piece of dirt.
Just as the insects, fish, and animals are both predators and prey.
So do humans clash with each other over words ideas and gods.
Chasing after their visions of peace across a battlefield soaked with their blood.

I make you strong and I make you fight.
I make you love and I make you hate.
I am your guardian angel and I am your demon prince.
I will show you the way.
You know in your heart that there is no other.

Reject your faith, spurn your love, cleanse your mind.
Build yourself into a killing machine, you are the master of all you destroy.

Put no faith in flesh and blood 'til you see it in a mound before you.
Leave no trace of your enemies, clean them from the face of the earth.
Don’t believe a single word you hear, words are only the tools of war.
Spread your name with atrocities, they must fear you like an angry god.

If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs,
then, my friend, you will easily be able to slaughter them all.
Sacrifice all the guilty and let the fires consume,
for the flesh of the enemy is the food for the gods.


The answer to the riddle: What am I? - Oxygen