Lyrics
[Verse 1] The banners reached the horizon’s edge before the dawn could break
The earth began to tremble with every step he’d take
No parley offered in the dark, no mercy in his gaze
Just the steady, rhythmic drumming of a world about to blaze
He didn’t ride for glory, and he didn’t ride for gold
He rode to see the stories of the ancient kings grow cold.
[Chorus] And the mountains bowed their heads in shame
At the mention of his iron name
He drew a line across the map and bled the rivers dry
A shadow cast in armor underneath a scarlet sky
The world was just a footstool for a throne of jagged glass
The King of All that Withers, watching every kingdom pass.
[Verse 2] They bolted every city gate and hallowed every hall
But stone is only silence once the heavy hammers fall
He gathered up the crowns of men like shells upon a shore
And stacked them in a counting room until he wanted more
There was no song of triumph, just a quiet, hollow dread
For even winds stopped whispering when he raised his heavy head.
[Chorus] And the mountains bowed their heads in shame
At the mention of his iron name
He drew a line across the map and bled the rivers dry
A shadow cast in armor underneath a scarlet sky
The world was just a footstool for a throne of jagged glass
The King of All that Withers, watching every kingdom pass.
[Bridge] He conquered every valley, he mastered every sea
Until the only enemy was his own memory
For what is left to govern when the pulse of life is gone?
Just a weary, lonely titan waiting for a darker dawn.
[Outro] The dust settles on the throne...
He sits alone.
He sits alone.
The world is won...
And the world is gone.