Romance Of A Dead Kingdom

Sleep now
 Fragile
 Cradle my hope
 Dream 'til morning
 Rising again
 To uphold my claims to power
 Promises bind
 This place to me
 Peace I have found
 In a vision pure and simple
 Here in this world
 I am the king
 Dreams trouble my conscience
 With thoughts of those betrayed
 Prophecies certain
 Bring me to conflict often
 But comfort has always triumphed
 Against a change
 Walking again
 Among these familiar faces
 Hearing the same
 Praises they speak
 All here is well
 But somehow so unnerving
 In the eyes of a child
 The world looks bleak
 Fears grow ever bolder
 Threatening disgrace
 All that will be
 Grows clearer with every moment
 Whispers turn now to shouting for my escape
 Awake
 Brashly you stifled warnings
 See now the fruits of failure
 Ignorant liar
 Did you truly think
 You could stay here awhile
 And avoid your fate
 Crawling, grasping, searching, reaching for a path
 Through all this chaos choking on the ashes
 Of a life that suddenly has passed
 And as the screams subside
 I slowly raise my head
 To watch the final ruin
 And see my kingdom's end