It was already decided… We just kept moving… We set the board before we knew The rules were written into place Every move already made Every outcome already traced We called it choice, we called it will Crowning ourselves with empty names But every path we chose to take Was just another truth we blamed The lines were drawn beneath our feet Long before we learned to see We crossed the point without a sound… And called it destiny Past the horizon / nothing returns All sides are ash / all futures burn The kings have fallen out of frame They were never at the helm We move like shadows on the board Shuffled by hands unseen We thought the end would come with fire With sirens screaming through the sky But silence spread before the fall And none of us knew when we died There’s nothing left to turn around No edge to step back from the fall The closer that we think we are… The more we’ve lost it all No kings remain / no sides to claim The game was played / we fed the flame We were never in control… We were never meant to win… Every move was just a step… Further in… further in… No victor waits beyond the end… No crown survives the flame… There is no side that walks away… No one left to name… Past the horizon / nothing returned All sides are ash / all futures burned No kings remain / no voices left Nothing survived / no gods wept The board is gone… Only ash in its place… No pieces left to move… No name remains…
