From Scythe To Sceptre Lyrics - Be'lakor

I knew you some years before 

Deep in prayer under bough 

Futile sighs in vital skin 

Your flesh caressed by night 

Yet change came quickly 

A bruise in the air, it staggered within 

Sweet sickly rot 

Black wound infection 

King, slave, child 

Your fates are united 

An unending row to the grave 

A single dance now, all eyes are shut 

Blind to the earthly 

Begging now to forget who I am 

Emperor, your sword is useless 

Shattered crowns so swiftly 

Fragile as the scythe 

Aching bones cling to swollen limbs 

Despair floods all senses 

The world is dying around me 

Gaping in mirth, his old eyes spoke 

Where you are now - I once was 

And what I am now - you soon will be 

Nothingness awaits you 

Begging now to regain what I've lost 

The tale of life is but a picture 

A flash in an abyss, a dream in the void 

See that there is no meaning, 

Understand eternal death 

You long now to try what you once feared 

But the time is gone and dust will be your legacy