[Verse] I walk where silence kneels to throne A kingdom carved from blood and dread The night itself is mine alone Where whispered terror dares to tread I hold the weight of steel and bone And rule the world the starving fled [Verse] No warmth has ever reached my core No lover’s hand has lingered true I’ve drowned in triumph, wanting more For conquest sours without a view Of someone worth the aching war To share the throne I stand unto [Chorus] Impaler, cold as the grave I reign Crown of ruin, forged in flame Impaler, the world remembers my name But memory offers no one to claim Impaler, feared but never held A king of blood who feels compelled [Verse] I have built empires out of screams And lit the dark with burning kings Yet victory is not what it seems It breaks the hand that wears the rings And leaves me haunted by my dreams Of gentler, never-taken things [Bridge] If love exists, it does not speak It does not cross my guarded gate It watches from the highest peak And leaves me to my welded fate What I desire, I cannot seek For kings are always loved too late [Instrumental] (slow, heavy, cathedral-metal atmosphere) [Verse] I stand eternal, still undone The throne is wide, the chamber bare For power cannot warm the sun And no one learns how kings despair I do not break; I break everyone Yet crave the one who wouldn’t care [Final Chorus] Impaler, draped in immortal night A sovereign cursed to always stand Impaler, crowned by endless fight Steel and sorrow go hand in hand Impaler, longing not for light But simply for another’s hand [Outro] And if love comes, it will not bow It will not kneel as kingdoms do It will stand beside me, here and now Unbroken, unafraid, and true Until then, I wear my vow To rule alone — yet wait for you
