adjective / des-uh-lit / desolated / desolating / desolately / desolateness / desolater / desolation

(Atmospheric) grimly barren, deserted, or deprived of inhabitants

I have faith in these desolate times
A score to the sound of the feet of a journeyman’s tour
I have faith in these desolate times
A feel and a hope and belief that man’s peace will be still
I have faith but for how much longer?

Terence Trent D’Arby (I Have Faith in These Desolate Times)