The Eternal Weight

[Verse 1] Across the burning desert plains, where shifting history lies A silent guardian keeps its watch beneath the copper skies The Sphinx beholds the clash of worlds, the eagle and the Nile And locks the secrets of the past behind a frozen smile Where Alexandria greets the sea, two empires now collide A queen commands her golden throne with Roman strength inside [Verse 2] Marc Antony has turned his back on duty and on Rome For Cleopatra’s emerald eyes have claimed him as their home They walk beneath the shadow of the monumental stone And barter power for a touch, forgetting crown and throne The generals say it’s madness, that a soldier’s fallen blind But they have found a deeper truth that empires leave behind [Chorus] For greater than the buried tombs, and older than the sand Is the eternal weight of love we try to understand Though empires fall to golden dust, and monuments decay The belief in course of love will never fade away It is the greatest mystery, the answer and the sign Carved deeper than the monuments upon the face of time [Verse 3] The sails are set at Actium, the roaring billows swell A hundred ships of Octavian unleash a burning hell The Roman warships close the trap, the sky turns dark as ash As timber splits and armor breaks amid the deadly crash Yet in the heat of desperate war, she turns her ships to flee And Antony abandons Rome to follow her across the sea [Verse 4] They trade a world of conquered lands for one last shared breath Defying Caesar's vengeful wrath, choosing love in death The venom of the sacred asp, the blade that seals his fate A tragic end to history's most fiercely guarded state No heavy chains or iron bars can bind a twin-bound soul They left the burning battlefield to make each other whole [Bridge] The monument may keep its vow until the world turns cold Defying every passing wind, majestic, proud, and bold But even stone must bow to time, and granite turns to dust While Antony and Cleopatra live through love and trust [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] And greater than the buried tombs, and older than the sand Is the eternal weight of love we try to understand Though empires fall to golden dust, and monuments decay The belief in course of love will never fade away It is the greatest mystery, the answer and the sign Carved deeper than the monuments upon the face of time [Outro] Beneath the copper skies, the riddle stays unsaid But love remains the path where every soul is led The Sphinx will guard the sand But love will guard the heart Never to part Rome falls, Egypt fades, but love remains