Empire's End - Part 1: The Fall

cracks run deep through sacred walls shattered glass from banners falls altars bleed in broken light choirs drown beneath the night every oath now turns to pain kingdoms fall but none remain voices fade where banners burn none remain no crown returns shadows rise through broken halls silence crowns where empire falls thrones reduced to ash and bone banners burn no king is known echoes bleed the vows decay nothing sacred lights the way silence reigns nothing remains vines consume the broken gate shadows seal the empires fate ashes choke the dying sun hymns extinguished one by one ruins stand where saints had prayed silence marks the debt unpaid voices fade where banners burn none remain no crown returns shadows rise through broken halls silence crowns where empire falls thrones reduced to ash and bone banners burn no king is known echoes bleed the vows decay nothing sacred lights the way silence reigns nothing remains statues crack their faces torn every vow profaned forlorn faith dissolves in crimson rain holy ground betrayed again stones resound with fractured cries candles fade the darkness rise thrones consumed the banners fall death is written through it all empires fall the night ascends crowns to dust the kingdom ends candles choke the echoes die silence reigns where banners lie oaths erased no voices call shadows write the end of all silence reigns nothing remains ashes reign nothing remains