While walking through the corridors of power

Beware of delusions that only drag you down

You serve a system built on intrigues and cheat

Maybe there's no way to escape your own defeat



Can you still see the shape of the enemy?

As you sink deeper and deeper in sin and misery

You wished for a shining return of the empire

Fate has not decided yet, will it all end in fire?



The omens were there - you failed to see

New allies add to the list of fatalities

Unable to recognize you're just a part of something greater

A new age is coming, hard to accept your role as a puppet



Can you still see the shape of the enemy?

Your shame goes hand in hand with sin and misery

Glory you wanted, for a conquering empire

Fate has not decided yet, will it all end in fire?



Why is there a monster on the throne?

You put it there, now terror of silence reigns all alone

May this loneliness fade away from your personal dome

Sometimes even shadows can guide us the way home...



Can you still see the shape of the enemy?

As you sink deeper and deeper in sin and misery

Pain is all you received for the beloved empire

Fate has not decided yet, will it all end in fire?





("The Winter Of Our Discontent")