Elephant - The Dragonthrone Wars lyrics

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The drums of war are playing on the wind<br />

Legions in a golden blaze advancing<br />

The air is riddled with ash and fire<br />

A twisting spectre against the heavens<br />

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Like the sullen scowl of blackest woe, a land grievous and besieged<br />

Hammered by storms and pestilence, never to rest<br />

Hell beyond hell, eradication, burning ferocity<br />

Swords erect pounding at the sky - a desperate tantrum of futility<br />

Never will a leader fight his own battles<br />

An amphitheatre of fresh fodder<br />

Crimson axes, a cold moon in chaos<br />

Cannot escape the martyr's curse<br />

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All for one greedy king's quest for power<br />

Only a conqueror following the common ruinous path<br />

The powers are bickering while their people are suffering<br />

And there is no wise counsel within these fragile walls<br />

An exalted scepter, an internecine damnation<br />

Baleful causes tending toward chaos and disarray<br />

Knights in horned helms on an impotent crusade<br />

Without legacy or deeds for remembrance<br />

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By the ruthless dictatorship of the sword and spear<br />

The axis of demolition is crafted<br />

For the blood on a cross on the hill of the skull<br />

The religion of warfare, deliverance through demise<br />

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Wave after wave of armored fury broke upon the ranks<br />

Berserker rage without any mercy, mountains smashed to dust<br />

Driven by the madness of revenge, battle turns to slaughter<br />

Victory dies at the hands of annihilation<br />

Countless were the dead that fell by my hand<br />

I saw them through my tears - those beloved now useless<br />

Barbaric devastation, carnage taints the soil<br />

Blasted earth and despair, a thousand voices roar in agony<br />

Even the gods are silent<br />

All the perished weep<br />

The eyes of the dragon shall reveal<br />

The dark has no end<br />

A sole lord throws down his weapons and leaves the battlefield<br />

Disgusted by the doom of a poisoned struggle<br />

Hailing the few brave enough to wage peace<br />

Mortal thrones are like falling leaves in a gale