Hiro Kushima - 9 - Imperium aeternum

[Verse 1] I draw the lines, unseen by every eye A silent hand behind the pageantry My legacy, my blood, the empire’s iron sky No mercy in the marrow of my dynasty I shape the flesh, I temper every mind Names are but threads, and I command the loom Within my gaze, the world itself is blind Only obedience blossoms in this tomb [Pre-Chorus 1] Imperium aeternum, Cordibus glacies Manus occulta, Fatum in tenebris [Chorus] I am the voice that echoes in the void A shadow crowned, the puppeteer of fate Beneath my reign, devotion is destroyed Amor mortuus est Imperium manet [Verse 2] In silentio cresco, sine lumine Filii mei, instrumenta meae voluntatis Voluntas ferrea, nullus dolor Regno sine corde, sine misericordia [Pre-Chorus 2] Power is blood and legacy the chain A king in darkness, ruling through disdain [Chorus] I am the voice that echoes in the void A shadow crowned, the puppeteer of fate Beneath my reign, devotion is destroyed Amor mortuus est Imperium manet [Bridge] Nulla pax, Nullum sol Animus frigidus, Imperium aeternum Manibus meis Fatum vestrum ligatur [Final Chorus] I am the silence, I am the storm From ashes and iron, my will is reborn In endless night, my blood writes the law All hearts are broken beneath what I saw Amor mortuus est Imperium manet [Outro] In shadows I dwell, Imperium aetern This world, my design Sub umbra mea manet [Breakdown - spoken] Bow to your king of ashes. No heart beats here, least of all mine—ha ha ha ha!