Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26206856-20150321001915/@comment-26206856-20150422121523

You would think so, but the tense says otherwise. I will agree though that it could be a dual reference to the current and past affairs that will/did cause it to shatter.

Everything is past tense up until "Moon watched safely from above", but it's from a viewpoint of someone in the present talking and questioning about the past. Then it goes to present "every smile is not the same" and present progressive (growing, flowing, shattering) to future (machines of war will fuel both sides) and finally present again with "now it's time to die". The rest of the song is mostly the same breakdown with a present tense person observing the past and speculating about the future.