Ascend the frozen stairway, where no mortal dares to climb Through the mist of ages, through the corridors of time He sits upon his throne of stone, beneath the starless night The mountain bows before him, trembling at his might His crown was forged in darkness, in the depths where demons dwell Each diamond cut from midnight, each gem a frozen hell No warmth has ever touched him, no light has pierced his soul The king of endless winter, who swallows kingdoms whole Black diamonds, cold as death Crown of shadows, stolen breath Bow before the mountain's lord Kneel before his twisted sword Ice runs through his blackened veins Master of eternal chains The king who wears the darkest crown Will drag your shattered kingdoms down He feeds upon devotion, drinks despair like bitter wine His subjects crawl in anguish through the ice and snow and brine With every breath they're freezing, with every step they break But still they climb his mountain for their tyrannical king's sake The crown upon his head weighs more than any mortal's grief Each diamond holds a nightmare, each facet past belief They whisper dark temptations, they sing of power's price His heart became their mirror—black diamond, cold as ice Black diamonds, cold as death Crown of shadows, stolen breath Bow before the mountain's lord Kneel before his twisted sword Ice runs through his blackened veins Master of eternal chains The king who wears the darkest crown Will drag your shattered kingdoms down Now legends tell his story to the children in their beds Of how ambition carved him, of the path his hunger treads He traded warmth for power, traded love for endless reign Now the black diamonds own him, and he'll never break their chain Black diamonds, cold as death Crown of shadows, stolen breath Forever on his mountain throne A king of ice, forever alone The crown that promised everything Has cursed the mountain's frozen king Black diamonds mark his fall from grace Eternal winter's cold embrace
