verse 1 Desert winds sweep across the dunes Coppered skies engulf the land Silent towers face the heat A citadel of sand Careful voices in the square Truth dissolves in practiced hands Every guarded mind knew This plague of man Chorus Citadel of sand, Burning in the sun Every wall of silence Cracking one by one The desert whispers secrets Buried in the land Every throne collapses Within a citadel of sand verse 2 Far beyond the wavering dunes Something moves beneath the land Ancient fire, ancient fury A power is close at hand Still the towers hold their pride No one dares to understand Their led by blind belief Raised from the sand Thunder rolling through the dunes Footsteps shake the land The beast they raised with pride and fear Now wants to shake their hand Chous 2 Citadel of Sand, burning in the sun Mounds of arrogance Following one by one And the beast among them Rose by their command The echo of their making Beneath the Citadel of Sand Citadel of Sand Citadel of Sand outro With every crown of pride The hour is closer at hand Why this constant fault of man
