The Ashes of the Crown

(Verse 1)

Once there stood a kingdom high,

Marble halls that touched the sky.

A city carved in fate’s own hand,

With golden doors and laws so grand.

(Verse 2)

The poets sang, the scribes would write,

The stars aligned to bless its might.

The banners flew like sacred fire,

A throne of steel, a world entire.

(Chorus)

But time is a thief, and dust is a king,

The echoes fade, the statues sink.

No empire stands when the wind has blown,

Just shadows that whisper of a world once known.

(Verse 3)

A war was waged, a pact was torn,

A prophet spoke of kings forlorn.

The labyrinth of fate unspooled,

And empires fall, as they are ruled.

(Verse 4)

The libraries burned, the columns fell,

The last decree was just a shell.

The name once feared, the name once praised,

Now only sand where footsteps grazed.

(Chorus)

Oh, time is a thief, and dust is a king,

The echoes fade, the statues sink.

No empire stands when the wind has blown,

Just shadows that whisper of a world once known.

(Bridge)

A traveler walks through ruined halls,

Counting ghosts upon the walls.

He finds a coin, its face erased,

A king unnamed, a fate embraced.

(Verse 5)

And somewhere now, beyond the hills,

Another city hums and builds.

Another crown, another throne,

Another dream soon overthrown.

(Final Chorus)

For time is a thief, and dust is a king,

The echoes fade, the statues sink.

No empire stands when the wind has blown,

Just shadows that whisper of a world once known.

(Outro)

And when the last light flickers dim,

When names are lost like autumn’s hymn,

Remember this: no king is free,

For even thrones bow to eternity.