[Intro] [Instrumental | 9/8 Riff | Drop D Tuning | War Drums] [Verse 1] I hold the keys of every gate I sit where Cyrus sat in state The Ammon priests have called me god The world is mine, the world is mine But I would lay the scepter down If you were here to wear the crown [Verse 2] Before the killing, before the throne Before the god-claims, I was known You saw the man beneath the name You called me back from what I became You never knelt, you never fled You walked beside me, equal, stead For you For you For you For you I'd trade I'd trade I'd trade The world I own [Verse 3] They came and told me while I sat Among the crowds, the wine, the chat I ran, I ran, I was too late I found the silence, found the weight And still And still If I could And still I'd give it back Give it back Give it all back I'd give it all back [Bridge] [Building Intensity | Unison Two-Beat Patterns] I sent my riders to the shrine I asked the oracle divine If he could stand among the gods If I could bend the iron laws You were my equal, my own heart I cannot hold you one more day [Chorus] [Heavy | Anthemic | Melodic Counterweight] Take my sight! Take my sight! Take my sight if it must see a world without your face Half a god and half a man, I have no resting place [Refrain] [Layered Vocals | Shimmering Texture] Burn on forever Burn on, Hephaestion Burn above the funeral fire Burn until my race is run Burn on forever Burn on, Hephaestion Burn above the empire turning Burn until my race is run [Outro Build] [Heavy Stomping 9/8 Groove] If I am god, then answer me If I am god, then answer me Why the sun still rises daily When the light has left my side? Beat as one Beat as one Beat as one Beat as one Beat as one So we may survive Another day and season [Final Verse] [Abrupt 6/4 Stop] Go home, soldiers, I don't need you Go home, soldiers, let me grieve
