Empire of Ash

[sound of the falling rain] [Verse: male voice] We built an empire made of ash, Climbing through the wreckage, chasing the crash. On broken bones and dying dreams, We wear our crowns of misery. Mi-se-ryyyy!!! (Hook): Rise— From the ashes of the lies! Fall— But we’ll burn in the skies! Chorus: Empire of ash, we scream through the flames, In this wasteland, we’ve only ourselves to blame. Everything we built will collapse, But we rise again from the empire of ash! [Instrumental Bridge: Heavy breakdown with fast-paced drums, layered growling guitars, industrial elements] [Deep bass distortion] [glitching synths as the tempo slows for a brooding build-up] We wear our crowns of misery! Coda: We will rise, we will fall, in the empire of ash we crawl. [End: distorted guitar chord that cuts sharply into silence]