The Emperor of Doom: The Coronation of Absolute Power

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Kings have knelt on marble they could not keep

I have weighed their titles and found them thin

Every crown was borrowed from a lesser hand

Mine was forged in iron from my own will

Chorus

Kneel beneath the throne that never bows

Kneel beneath the reign that never ends

The age of heroes dies tonight

And I remain the emperor of doom

Post-Chorus

Kneel, kneel

All of you kneel

Verse 2

Their banners burned before the trumpets called

Champions broke like brittle glass on stone

I counted every army sworn against me

Then I counted nothing left of them at all

Chorus

Every throne must recognize the new

Every army bends or disappears

The order I have written will not fall

And I remain the emperor of doom

Post-Chorus

Bend, bend

All of you bend

Verse 3

Gods are merely minds that never learned to kneel

I have measured heaven and it came up short

Iron does not pray and iron does not beg

Judgment is a ledger I alone can read

Chorus

Reality will answer to my name

Every law of heaven bends to mine

No verdict stands above the one I give

And I remain the emperor of doom

Post-Chorus

Yield, yield

All of you yield

Verse 4

Silence now the songs they sang of heroes

Cold the hands that lifted up their swords

I have ended every age but mine

And mine will outlast the dying of the stars

Final Chorus

Existence kneels and cannot rise again

Time itself will bow before the throne

This is law imposed on everything that lives

I remain forever

I remain the emperor of doom

Outro

No one rises

No one reigns

(No one)

I am the end of every crown