Ryse (X-Triptych III) - Dan Bull

Rome, the place I name as my home

Made it my own and I’ll die before I see it overthrown

I’m one of the most valiant fighters

I’m known as Marius Titus

This city’s in my blood

As valuable as my life is

With all of the troops, Legions at hand

We’re ruling a huge region of land

Reaching through France and even Britannia

And for that, we’ve Caesar to thank

For seizing it and I think of the man

When I’m leading a siege and I see that the ranks

Are in need of command, eager to mangle

A people as weak as we are grand

Ryse…

This isn’t my kind of war

The thing that I’m fighting for

Gibbon’s Decline and Fall

Didn’t begin describing all

The wicked things that Titus saw

His sight is raw, his eyes are sore

Lives withdrawn with violent force

Civilian killing with knives and swords

Now my kids and wife are torn asunder

Souls all but plundered

I hunger for vengeance on the men responsible

I’ve called their number

I’m a lord of thunder

Striding right in with the force and might

Of lightning strikes, I will never bore or tire

Of war or fighting

RYSE!

Welcome to the next generation!