"Our time is running out
Our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out
How did it come to this?"

"Time is running out" by Muse

I don't know, the song kinda seems to fit the scene XD
Nefarian Serpine shortly before breaking the truce.

Nefarian Serpine (from the first "Skulduggery Pleasant" book) © Derek Landy