[Intro] Knowledge is power.... And power corrupts.... [instrumental] [Verse] A legion of scholars, a legion of the wise! A legion that saw as pure truth, evils vile lies! Their pride flew too high, they cast aside the warnings! Absolute knowledge, corrupts the most noble kings! Their red monarch danced upon the black precipice, Gazed deep and smiled into the malignant abyss! Sailed the ethereal ocean with not a fear, To save his sons, sold his eye to the puppeteer! [pause] [Chorus] A scholar’s heart, and a champion of the mind! The dark road to ruin is paved by the most kind! In his drive to bring the light, he brought down the fall! He tried so hard to save them, but he damned them all! [Verse] A faithful son he was, no hatred in his soul! But chaos cares not, it's tainted deal took its toll! A desperate warning, blazed through psychic fire, Fueled by love and fed wrong visions of a pyre! The Thousand Sons, now are but dust within a shell, Cast down from olden glory to a living hell, Betrayed by the power they contain within, Their way forever changed by chaos string, and grin! [pause] [Chorus] A scholar’s heart, and a champion of the mind! The dark road to ruin is paved by the most kind! In his drive to bring the light, he brought down the fall! He tried so hard to save them, but he damned them all! [Guitar Solo] [Blazing, melancholic symphonic metal guitar solo] [quiet mourning variation] [Chorus] A scholar’s heart, and a champion of the mind! The dark road to ruin is paved by the most kind! [resume instrumentals] In his drive to bring the light, he brought down the fall! He tried so hard to save them, but he damned them all! [Outro] [quiet] Returning to dust... Returning to dust... oh... The terrible price of misplaced trust....
