Empire
(Part 1: Dying Empire)
King of an empire
Forgotten by time
Conquered the world
The glory was mine

Now nothing but a stronghold
Long in decline
Miserable, out in the cold
Fighting endlessly, the walls barely hold

A wake of attackers, plunderers thieves
Driven back by a long gruesome fight
Just when victory is within grasp
Behold another wave in the dark night

Tired, miserable, my work doesn't end
Tragedy after loss slowly pushed back
My stubborn faith in the dying land,
is all that keeps me alive.

The walls have fallen, the city is burnt
All is lost except...
Out of the rubble, proudly I stand
Clutching stubbornly to a last glimpse of hope.