[Intro] Year 69 LXIX blood on the marble eagles staring the gods' year of fury [Verse 1] Old Galba trembling in the city of swords bought by legions sold in the senate's hall the streets are whispering names already dying Rome is hungry the screaming grows, hear it [Chorus] The year of four emperors fire over the Tiber broke loose Names carved into wounds on Rome's ragged edge Galba, Otho, Vitellius fall before the day is done Vespasianus remains in the year of four emperors [Verse 2] Otho at the mirror the warrior's pale light lips against the poison silence in the emperor's house Vitellius feasting gold on every plate but beneath the banquet steel is sharpened in the night [Chorus] The year of four emperors fire over the Tiber broke loose Names carved into wounds on Rome's ragged edge Galba, Otho, Vitellius fall before the day is done Vespasianus remains in the year of four emperors [Bridge] Galba (falls) Otho (silent) Vitellius (burning) Vespasianus (rising) (rising) (rising) Legions marching through smoke and dust spearheads toward the sky Rome finds a new harbor [Final Chorus] The year of four emperors ends in sand and stone The crown sticky with blood on every helmet, every bone Galba, Otho, Vitellius shadows whisper in every quarter But Vespasianus carries you through the year of four emperors [Instrumental part - Reggae] [Outro] "Emperors come, emperors go but our hunger, it remains"
