[Verse 1] The palaces have lost their names, Their gates surrendered to the sand, The crowns are scattered into dust, No empire kept its final stand. [Chorus] Dust of forgotten kings, Dust upon the wind, All the power they carried proudly Returns to earth again. [Verse 2] The owl resides where princes feasted, The grass conceals the marble floor, And silence writes its patient song Across the ruins evermore. [Instrumental] [Verse 3] A broken seal lies near the well, Half-buried letters lose their shape, The hands that signed those ancient laws Could not command the stones to stay. [Chorus] Dust of forgotten kings, Dust upon the wind, All the power they carried proudly Returns to earth again. [Bridge] Let every carved and weathered stone Outlive the hands that raised the wall, The earth remembers without praise, And gathers crown and beggar all. [Chorus] Dust of forgotten kings, Dust upon the wind, All the power they carried proudly Returns to earth again. [Outro] No throne remains beneath the sky, No name can hold the morning still, Only the dust, only the wind, And time beyond the ruined hill.
