[Verse 1]

When the world burned, I faced the task

Of rebuilding what I had made

I'd raise the Sun again

I'd bring them through the end

And day by day, they passed away

Right before my eyes

Six became a team of five

I couldn't help but pass them by

[Chorus]

Ashes to ashes

Dust to dust

Honor to glory

And iron to rust

Hate to bloodshed

From rise to fall

If I never have to die

Am I alive at all?

[Verse 2]

When flames would rise to my allies

I'd feel the pain inside

I was the victor at a cost

With every war, a friend was lost

On deaf ears fell my cries of hurt

As the last one drove insane

He turned and went astray

Only my own blood to fade away

[Chorus]

Ashes to ashes

Dust to dust

Honor to glory

And iron to rust

Hate to bloodshed

From rise to fall

If I never have to die

Am I alive at all?

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

The nightmare began when it all ended

My own blood, the one I had befriended

Ruled in harmony

With the better side of me

But things broke down just when I thought I

Had lost everything I could

I let her slip away

She turned her back on me

[Chorus]

Ashes to ashes

Dust to dust

Honor to glory

And iron to rust

Hate to bloodshed

From rise to fall

If I never have to die

Am I alive at all?

[Outro]

Oh, ashes to ashes

Am I alive at all? Oh

Ashes to ashes, oh, ashes to ashes

Oh, oh, oh

Am I alive at all?