Empires of Ash - Sojourner

On these frostbitten plains I await

A withering realm, a mere shadow of its former self

Dilapidated and lonely

We chose to fight for a cause

Honour, pride, dignity, and love

Through the passage of time, it became exposed

Attempting to reclaim what was never ours

From the pebbles that dance in the rivers

To the leaves that glide in the wind

The rays that warm the pastures

And the rain that spawns new life

We were once one

Now blinded by selfish deceit

Drifting further and further away

We were once one

Now blinded by selfish deceit

We drift further away

Through ashes of our once great host

Travel through continents to lands unknown

Yet we witness faceless clones of our adopted reality

Transcendence non-existent

The final bell begins to toll

Far from redemption

We slowly burn all scrolls

Extinction, we beseech

Anguished, I tread

Wondering why?

Watching all die

Empires of Ash, cry!

From the pebbles that dance in the rivers

To the leaves that glide in the wind

The rays that warm the pastures

And the rain that spawns new life

No longer shall we rise above our failures

No longer shall we chant

The end is nigh

We interred our kingdom