Damocles Songtext
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Damocles

Rule from the head of a hollow table
Drink the nectar
Breathe out lies
Envied the shadow and you craved the weight
Was this all a worthy compromise

A throne of marble on a floor of glass
The finery of a dying breed
You invited the feast, invited the fear
Choke on the shards of greed

Behold
How far you′ve come
To feast with a feeling of dread
The blade above
Swings from the end of a thread
The heights you've reached
To rot in a gilded cage
You craved this sword
Witness the end of an age


Drink the wine
It tastes like copper
Touch the silk
Feels like stone
A glint of iron from above your head
Unworthy of this throne

Silence echoes in these vacant halls
A symphony for a ghost to lead
Sow your kingdom in a field of salt
Reap the harvest of the seed

Behold
How far you′ve come
To feast with a feeling of dread
The blade above
Swings from the end of a thread
The heights you've reached
To rot in a gilded cage
You craved this sword
Witness the end of an age

Mistaking power with a life of ease
The blade a symbol of invisible threats
Authority is always shadowed
By the fear of sudden disaster


Sever the strand
Damocles
Sever the strand

Pull the thread and watch the fall
The weight of the crown consumes us all

Behold how far you've come
Dread the blade above
The setting of the sun
Consumes the ones you love

Sever the strand
Damocles
Sever the strand

Behold
How far you′ve come
To feast with a feeling of dread
The blade above
Swings from the end of a thread
The heights you′ve reached
To rot in a gilded cage
You craved this sword
Witness the end of an age

Pull on the thread
And watch the fall
The weight of the crown
Consumes us all