IMPERIAL LYRICS

1. The Beginning

[instrumental]

2. Last Sunrise

Rot away with the dissonance struck between each chord
Every sour note sings the symphony of your approaching death
Violins in the minor complete the sorrow you have driven upon yourself

Sustaining the apathy
That you need
That you grieve [x2]
Chained and weighted your body is sinking as you reach out to me
Fingertips break the way
Watch your life slip away
You watched every changing moment pass you by [x2]

Wishing you could see the sun rise one last time [x2]

One more line till your last sunrise
One more line till we mourn for you
Your life rests on thin white lines
To dissipate as the last flame burns like the friends you left behind

You never felt life before
You greeted death
You strolled along the rail razors in hand
Plunging head first into your own reflection

Wishing you could see the sun rise one last time [x2]

The ink is dry so turn the page to find an ending

3. Remember Hell

The air is stale tasteless night
No god dwells here only those who survive
We found you here with no meaning
Your body broke, lifeless
No easy bargain would be made in that place

The misery of a father that has seen his son's corpse
(swing from the gallows) waiting where he hangs
Remember hell

Rest your head you have not deserved
The images of hell

Pulling iron from his chest
(his life flashes before his eyes)

The first light they strike
Bodies pile so high
The fire burns bright

Heaven swallows the smoke [x2]

4. The Painter

He is the warrior but uses no sword
He is the painter that brings hope to this world
Tonight he dines at the table of filth

But conceals it as his darkest grey
He lives in horror and fear that his actions will show the secret of his own soul
The story is told simply as this

Just a disguise just the grey in his mind
The only color in the black of his mind

Beauty on the outside is not real

He is the warrior but uses no sword
He is the painter that brings hope to this world
Tonight he dines at the table of filth
Wearing a mask made of glass to hide the grey that consumes his mind
Like a painting of sorrow, of fear
Beauty becomes a face in the crowd

5. With Blood Comes Cleansing

We can change
There is nothing good to say about a massacre
Grant me serenity to accept what was

Courage to change the things I can
Wisdom to always tell the difference

All races
All colors
One future

Please be advised against the blood that resides within
Baby make a way for our color blind generation
(everything was beautiful and nothing hurt)
(no more salt poured on this gaping wound)

We cannot change the past so we make way for our future

Take a trip into the cellar of a slaughterhouse
The children still, the women in line
The smell of blood haunts this room

6. We Sail At Dawn

I march into battle with the front lines
In this war of faceless souls I am ready to die
With fire in my step
No fear of man
We will not be overthrown
We will cast the final stone

I wage my life (for my cause)
I'm willing to die (for my cause)

We will cast the first stone in defiance
Lying breathless in defeat we will leave you
Our candles burn till light
We are the fearless ones

We set sail at dawn
This is a call to arms

We drown out our fears
Not bound by you, this war is now
We come with swords drawn

We sail at dawn

We set sail on seas of blood
With cannons armed as darkness falls

7. The Calm In The Storm

These petals falling
Your eyes are all I see
As we plan out our lives
You're why I survived

I claim my prize
I take my own [x2]

As the rain pours down I will stand and smile
As my sorrows are gone when I gaze into your eyes
As the rain pours down you don't stop holding me
You keep me dry through the storm
You are my peace [x3]

All my demons released
The have no gold on me
Rain turns to snow
You still stand by me

8. Love Lost

[instrumental]

9. Drinking Wine From The Wounds Of Our Dead Wives

So take your vows and seal them with a kiss
Pour out your lives and seal them with a kiss
Vows that fail with a kiss

We will not sympathize with the life
With the path you have chose
You have lived
Fill these wounds with wine
Drink these wounds dry
And drink into vengeance

Drinking wine from the wounds of our dead wives [x3]

Lips once soft now razor sharp
Body once warm now dead, cold

I take your hand in sickness and in health
Or until I feel this love is dead
And with this ring I will destroy your heart
Dear so called love till death due us part

We drove her to her grave
And never thought of who it would affect
To be one
Death to me
Goodbye my bride

10. Allura

[instrumental]

11. In Ashes I Leave

Day in day out
A burden on me
A gasp for breath is all I need

Your words were not enough
In ashes I leave to find my peace
Your words beautiful were not enough
In ashes I leave to find my peace

Breathe you in one last time
Hold you in
You were mine [x2]

Pull this rope tighter
I hang here covered in shame [x5]

In ashes I leave to find my peace [x4]

Take me without love
Take my hand
Bury me
Take my life
Kill me







IMPERIAL LYRICS