[Verse 1] Silk on steel Crown of cinders on my brow Map of kingdoms Little kingdoms I’ll repaint them for you now My staff is humming in my hand Ink-dark fire in the grain Every symbol Every sigil Spells your sorrow Sings my name [Pre-Chorus] Ha Des wrote the edict in a language made of ash “Every border is a bruise Every rival Something smashed” Tiamat taught me hunger Fivefold fury in my veins So I sharpen all my shadows Let them bite Let them reign [Chorus] I am the Mage of Ebon Conquest Archon of the unclaimed lands Where your banners flutter Frightened Mine will rise from smoking sand By the legacy of Black Chaos I will grind your gods to glass If it isn’t sworn to Tiamatia yet It will tremble when I pass [Verse 2] Hear that crack Those are kingdoms in my fist Little princes clutching trinkets Calling courage what it isn’t I have studied every silence Buried secrets Rusted oaths I can bend a thousand nightmares Into shackles Into ropes [Pre-Chorus] Ha Des whispers from the shadows “Paint the continents in gloom Leave a circle Leave a circle Where my throne devours the moon” Tiamat coils in the thunder Laughing chaos in my ear “Take their heavens Take their heroes Leave them awe Leave them fear” [Chorus] I am the Mage of Ebon Conquest Every doubt becomes a blade Watch me carve a screaming sermon Through your citadels and gates By the legacy of Black Chaos I will turn your dawn to dusk If it isn’t sworn to Tiamatia yet It will bow Or it will bust [Bridge] Teach me Archmagus of midnight Show me how to break a star How to twist a saint’s last blessing Into chains around their heart Black Chaos Bleed through my fingers Brand my soul in burning script Let my name be carved on empires Every stone Every crypt [Chorus] I am the Mage of Ebon Conquest Storm and scepter Fang and flame Every empire is an echo Till it chokes upon my name By the legacy of Black Chaos I will grind their gods to glass If it isn’t sworn to Tiamatia yet It will tremble when I pass [Outro] Ha Des Watch Tiamat Hear I am coming I am near Every border is a promise Every promise Mine to break By the legacy of Black Chaos I will take I will take I will take
