[Fragile Kingdom Crumbles] [ Verse 1 ] I’m waiting for the nurse to step inside my quiet room, The silence in the hallway feels like some impending doom. My eyelids itch beneath the gauze, the tape is peeling slow, I missed the sky last night and that electric emerald glow. [ Pre-Chorus 1 ] The clock is ticking but the city’s heart has stopped, I’m standing on the edge before the veil is dropped. [ Chorus 1 ] We thought we owned the dirt and every star above, But all we ever built was just a frantic push and shove. Now the silence is the only sound that’s left to hear, And survival is the only thing we hold so dear. [ Verse 2 ] Beyond the garden walls the bio-engines break their chains, They’re walking on three roots across the sodden English plains. I find Josella in the street, she's wandering alone, The hunters have a rhythm that is clicking like a bone. [ Pre-Chorus 2 ] The shadows in the garden start to find their way, Turning every hunter into easy human prey. [ Chorus 2 ] It only takes a second for the crown to fall away, Darkness is the price we never thought we’d have to pay. Loneliness is colder when you’re one of just a few, Trying to remember all the life we ever knew. [Instrumental Break - Blazing Electric Guitar Solo] [ Bridge 1 ] I pull the medical bandages away from tired eyes, Underneath the eerie green of cold and empty skies. The world is blind and broken, every city street is still, Peace is just the end of things, a bitter winter chill. [ Verse 3 ] I lead her through the chaos where the sightless crowds collide, There’s nowhere left for anyone to run away and hide. A poisonous lash of plant and stinger whips across the air, The guilt of having vision is a weight I have to bear. [ Pre-Chorus 3 ] The clicking in the thicket gets a little louder now, We’re forced to face the ending and we’re forced to take a bow. [ Chorus 3 ] Power is a weight that we can no longer command, We’re just tiny figures on a shifting grain of sand. The beauty of the universe has left us in the dust, Trade the pride of nations for a simple sense of trust. [ Bridge 2 ] Looking back at how we played at gods among the weeds, Ignoring all the warnings sown within the wicked seeds. Now the masters are the monsters and the master is the slave, Digging for a future in a shallow common grave. [ Verse 4 ] At the manor house the high-voltage electric wires buzz, Watching for the swaying stalks, afraid of what it does. The circle’s getting tighter as the clicking starts to rise, We guard the gates of home until the final sunlight dies. [ Pre-Chorus 4 ] The wires start to glow against the heavy midnight rain, Holding back the hunger and the sting of every pain. [ Final Chorus ] We are only shadows in a world we didn't make, Everything we cherished was a brittle glass to break. Stand together in the dark or fall apart alone, The fragile kingdom crumbles from the pressure on the throne. [ Outro ] Clicking in the distance... Just a flicker in the dark... Silence isn't safety... It’s the end of everything.
