Empire Over

Roman legionnaire in this life
Pledged to do or die
Marching onto battlefields
Awaiting the battle cry
Campaign after campaign
And graced by the god of war
Glory for ever more
I’ve died before and I will live again
Never knowing just where and when
I was there at the beginning
And I will be there when it ends
A witness to an age gone by
My garrison advancing on through another town
Leaving only scorched earth
The black smoke rising
Fueled by an empire
Conquerors of the day
With forces over extended
We fell back gradually
For all that we had defended
Ended up with our backs against the sea
Witness to the fall
The empire over
Witness to the fall
The empire over
Witness to the fall
The empire over
Witness to the fall
The empire over
Witness to the fall
I’ve died before and I will live again
Never knowing just where and when
I was there at the beginning
And I will be there when it ends
A witness to an age gone by
Seemed the gods had all left town
It’s only we the forsaken
All the temples falling
Fueled by the anger
Glory has gone away
With forces over extended
We fell back gradually
For all that we had defended
Ended up with our backs against the sea
Witness to the fall
The empire over
Witness to the fall
The empire over
Witness to the fall
The empire over
Witness to the fall
The empire over
Witness to the fall
As if our final sunset
Our guiding light dissolves
To see the mighty fallen
After so many years
I disappeared into the landscape
To become civilian
Citizen reappears
Witness to the fall
The empire over
Witness to the fall
The empire over
Witness to the fall
The empire over
Witness to the fall