[Verse 1 - Male] Rome stood for a thousand years Built on legions, iron and fear We knew the tactics, knew the ground Every enemy we'd beaten down But the Visigoths didn't fight our way No shield walls, no grand melee They came like water through the cracks While we prepared for last war's attacks Our generals studied Caesar's scrolls Perfected formations, battle roles But the world had changed, moved ahead We fought old wars while Rome bled [Chorus - Variation 1] We built our walls the old way Fought the war that came before Each senator swears they're innocent But together we're the avalanche History's wheel keeps turning round The pattern's there for those who see But we're too proud to look down And learn from all the fallen crowns [Verse 2 - Female] The Mongol hordes conquered the earth From China westward, proved their worth But empires built on conquest alone Forget that seeds need time to be grown Each khan thought might made them right Each snowflake perfect in its flight Never thinking that together They'd create the killing weather The Golden Horde began to split Each thinking "I can manage it" Rational actors, one by one Until the empire came undone [Chorus - Variation 2] We built our walls the Mongol way Fought the war that came before Each khan swears he's innocent But together we're the avalanche History's wheel keeps turning round The pattern's there for those who see But we're too proud to look down And learn from all the fallen crowns [Verse 3 - Male] The French aristocracy believed In divine right, they never grieved "Let them eat cake," the legend says While rational people turned away Each noble thought "I'm not to blame For the system, for the game" Each one made sense in isolation But together built starvation The Bastille fell on summer's day The old order swept away They prepared for peasant revolts But got revolution's thunderbolts [Chorus - Both] They built their walls the royal way Fought the war that came before Each snowflake swears it's innocent But together we're the avalanche History's wheel keeps turning round The pattern's there for those who see But we're too proud to look down And learn from all the fallen crowns [Verse 4 - Female] The Maginot Line stood so tall Concrete and steel, the perfect wall France prepared for the last war Trenches, positions, and more But Hitler's tanks went through Belgium Around the defenses they'd hung Blitzkrieg came like lightning fast While Allied generals planned the past Poland fell in twenty-seven days Using cavalry, the old ways Each general rational, well-trained But prepared for a war that had waned [Bridge - Male] Do you see the pattern yet? Every empire, every threat Thinks that they're the exception now That they've figured it all out somehow But the avalanche doesn't care If each snowflake thought its choice was fair The system fails when everyone Makes rational choices, one by one [Verse 5 - Female] And now we're here in modern times Drawing borders, drawing lines "America First" and "Take Back Control" Each nation playing its role We saw what happened in the thirties When trade stopped, when hearts got dirty But we say "this time is different" Our choices rational, coherent Each country protects its own Builds walls of steel and stone Never thinking that together We're creating stormy weather [Bridge - Both] The overconfident never learn They think the wheel will never turn They study every war that passed But never see they're building vast An avalanche of small decisions Each one made with clear precision Each snowflake innocent and pure Until the mountain can't endure [Final Chorus - Both] We build our walls the same old way Fight the war that came before Each snowflake swears it's innocent But together we're the avalanche History's wheel keeps turning round The pattern's screaming to be seen But we're too proud to look down And learn from all the fallen crowns The great reset is coming fast Because we only see the past And when the avalanche arrives Each snowflake will be surprised [Outro] The wheel... keeps turning... But we never finish learning Fighting yesterday's war While tomorrow's at our door
