300 Rise Of An Empire

Dark rain falls The portents of war, closing in In the furtherst reaches of the kingdom's hold A new will burns, making blood run cold Deep under mountains, a portal awoke A time of trouble, of which a prophecy spoke An army of men, an emblem unknown They come not for peace - send word to the throne Let loose the horses, for south we must ride To marshal an army to hold back this tide We've heard reports - tales from the north Of an ancient army that arrived in force Led by a warlord bathed in fire Soldiers in red that do not tire They came to conquer, and desecrate our land We must retaliate, we must take a stand For the kingdom and for our lives Ready the generals as We've heard reports - tales from the north Of an ancient army that arrived in force Led by a warlord bathed in fire Soldiers in red that do not tire All that we know comes to an end If our ancient homeland we cannot defend For the kingdom and for our lives Ready the generals as we ride If we fall today, tomorrow will never come We've heard reports - tales from the north Of an ancient army that arrived in force Led by a warlord bathed in fire Soldiers in red that do not tire All that we know comes to an end If our ancient homeland we cannot defend For the kingdom and for our lives Ready the generals as we ride

Within these words, I'll hide the contempt for the purpose I serve. Silently, I withhold my resolve, and pursue, while my dignity dissolves, A bit more everyday... I'll hold on to the end, and fight my resentment. You see, I have succumbed, in order to complete, what must be done. Stand tall, to keep faith and fight. Take up arms, and prepare, for the, onslaught. Prepare yourself. Concealed in shadows, there are weaknesses. I have uncloaked them, to reveal their impurities. I lay, concealed, awake, in hopes of finding safety from their, Unrelenting, beatings, which they have organized in spite Of all, your own, actions, which we have followed to a "T" But we, have been, displaced, we have been driven from our course. The battle rages on, as my mind begins to sway. I am redeemed through consequence, but my guilt is still in play. But the fact of the matter is, is that I've sacrificed, Everything I am, while I was standing here for you. Prepare yourself, just save yourself. There is no escaping, we must strive to alter fate, In order to recover, from this faltered state. Within these words, I hid the contempt for the purpose I served silently. I withheld my resolve, and pursued, while my dignity dissolved.

This is my confession I have lost all of my friends I've lost more than that And I don't know if I can get it back I've gone off the deep end Can't seem to find my way home A broken man confides Choking out a long bitter goodbye This is my diary My sonnet my symphony All my fears I can find in thee My blood, my sweat, my tyranny You would need my eyes If you were to see That I am just me Not the demon you made me to be Why weeps the willow A sadness in the root says i A smoky diary that billows A cloud of sorrow with each sigh

At the edge of the hellfire It's the end of an empire In the line of the gunfire It's the end of an empire Again, again, again It's the end of an empire A start, an end, a rise and fall No system eternal and no one immortal Creation; all must ends in destruction We cannot change the fate of civilization Start, end We build up the symbols of power Rise, fall Constructs of a mortal mind Life span Conquer in our brightest hour Mortal But then we all must fall in time Through space and time We can't escape this paradigm At the edge of the hellfire It's the end of an empire In the line of the gunfire It's the end of an empire Again, again It's the end of an empire Time of Kingdoms, each of us reigning Dreams, death Over the realms of our hearts and minds Takes mine Conscious that death is awaiting Scene end But even death will end in time Through space and time We can't escape this paradigm At the edge of the hellfire It's the end of an empire In the line of the gunfire It's the end of an empire Again, again It's the end of an empire In the death of a desire It's the end of an empire At the close of a lifetime It's the end of an empire At the edge of the hellfire It's the end of an empire In the line of the gunfire It's the end of an empire Again, again, again, again It's the end of an empire Again It's the end of an empire We're falling into the unknown Another ending that's beginning to unfold We're falling into the unknown (It's the end) Another ending that's beginning to unfold It's the end of an empire We're falling into the unknown (It's the end) Another ending that's beginning to unfold It's the end We're falling into the unknown (It's the end) Another ending that's beginning to unfold It's the end of an empire It's the end of an empire