[Verse 1] I met a traveler, dust on his brow, From ancient lands, he told me how A mighty king once ruled the sands, With sculpted words and iron hands. Two shattered legs in the desert stand, A broken face half-buried in sand. The sculptor’s art, both fierce and cold, Still speaks of pride that once was bold. [Chorus] Ozymandias! The fallen crown, King of kings, now broken down. Look upon his works, despair! Nothing remains — only air. Ozymandias! His name survives, But no empire ever thrives. What once stood tall is now laid low — Time is the king all men will know. [Verse 2] The lifeless eyes, the sneering stone, Speak of a king who stood alone. His passions carved, his power made clear, Yet none remain to quake in fear. The sands stretch wide, the skies are bare, No shelter left, no voices there. A wasteland claims his vaunted land, The echoes lost beneath the sand. [Chorus] Ozymandias! The fallen crown, King of kings, now broken down. Look upon his works, despair! Nothing remains — only air. Ozymandias! His name survives, But no empire ever thrives. What once stood tall is now laid low — Time is the king all men will know. [guitar solo] [Bridge] Pride will fall, as stone will break, Glory fades like the tide on a lake. Kings may rise, but none will stay — The sands of time will sweep them away. [Verse 3] And in the end, when all is gone, The winds will sing their endless song. Empires rise, then fall in flame, The world forgets the tyrant's name. The desert whispers through the night, Of vanished thrones and forgotten might. Ozymandias—his boast, his claim, Now lost, like ashes in the rain. [Chorus] Ozymandias! The fallen crown, King of kings, now broken down. Look upon his works, despair! Nothing remains — only air. Ozymandias! His name survives, But no empire ever thrives. What once stood tall is now laid low — Time is the king all men will know. [Outro] [Fade out] Ozymandias fades to dust and bone, Time is the throne — he dies alone. [End]