[Intro] Beneath the bell of a burning sky The heavy engines begin to cry A silhouette in the iron smoke The Dark Messiah finally woke [Verse 1] The righteous flee in their iron robes Counting their prayers like loaded guns The learned man turns his eyes away As the Destruction Engine owns the day A priest marks a circle in the dust Swearing the fallen have lost their trust The massive gears grind beneath the stone He carves his kingdom, he builds a throne [Pre-Chorus] Through the ash comes the dark messiah Bearing wire and shadow and flame He stalks the fields that the faithful feared Commanding the engine by its name [Chorus] Who is my neighbor when the world is a weapon? Who rules the line when the heavens are black? Not the crowned, not the clean, not the ones preaching protection The Destruction Engine is pulling me back Dark Messiah, master of wreckage Turn your terror against the machine If salvation must crawl through the ashes Let it come from the lord they condemn and have seen [Verse 2] He commands the steel with a fist of red Takes the remaining power and bread The engine's priests begin to shout "The Dark Messiah will burn us out!" He stands right where the gears descend A titan commanding the iron and steel He drives his power through the furnace heart And makes the broken machine obey and kneel [Bridge] I was the one who bowed today I wore the mark, I knew the phrase I hailed your coming as chosen fate As the engine fed upon the gate Now take the crown that bears the stain We break the world from the holy chain Let every tower lose its crown Let every god of ruin drown [Breakdown] NO MORE ALTARS NO MORE THRONES THE DESTRUCTION ENGINE CLAIMS THE BONES The wheel is cracked The gate is torn The dark messiah Reborn, reborn! [Chorus] Who is my neighbor when the world is a weapon? Who rules the line when the heavens are black? Not the crowned, not the clean, not the ones preaching protection The Destruction Engine is pulling me back Dark Messiah, master of wreckage Turn your terror against the machine If salvation must crawl through the ashes Let it come from the lord they condemn and have seen [Outro] At dawn, the Destruction Engine rules the valley No banner claimed the dead The Dark Messiah walks through fire With the wreckage in his stead And every child who hears the story Learns the command carved in stone: When destruction calls you master The dark messiah sits his throne
