Sabers rattled by the crumbling empires

Of a changing world

Bid omens of fire

Royal heirs gala exotic lands

But silent to the threats

Of clandestine Black Hands

Pieces played opening game

New century's mid 14

Will stalemate in shame

Slowly birthing machines

Fade away the days of yore

Letting slip the dogs of war

All will change when worlds collide

Advent of the great divide

Forever echo at the wrong turn

Bombshell greeting on thе Apple Quay

Spill guiltless blood in the streets

Aristocrats rеtreat

Time stands still after the wrong right turn

And then the two will meet

Their fatal destiny

The hunted prey finds their hunter

By twisted circumstance

The Archduke and his lover

Meet their fate by chance

My dear, don’t die, stay alive

Live for me, Sophie

I’ll die and bring the world down with me

Fade away the days of yore

Letting slip the dogs of war

All will change when worlds collide

Advent of the great divide

Forever echo at the wrong turn