[Verse 1: Soldier]

Flesh infused into metal

Regrettors ever regretful

Maybe not

I also see the resentful

[Verse 2: Soldier]

Lorem ipsum dolor

Drinking in the horror

Sit amet

Descending unto me

[Verse 3: V1 & Soldier]

RE-INSPECT ELEMENT

LIFE SIGNS INTELLIGENT

REQUESTS IRRELEVANT

BLOODSHED MUST CONTINUE

SO-CALLED BENEVOLENT

PRESENCE INEVIDENT

I’M NOT SO REVERENT

DESCENDING UNTO YOU

[Verse 4: Soldier]

Maybe I’m just dreaming

Seeing is believing

Lifeblood leaking

Drinking ever dry

[Pre-Chorus: Soldier]

Never to know why

I guess I’ll never know

Was it a lie?

When you said we could hold onto hope?

[Chorus: Soldier]

Reach for my hand, hold me, my darling

Drown us in viscera beneath the stars

Weave a bouquet of withered flowers

Then will our star-crossed love be truly ours?

[Verse 5: V1 & Soldier]

END IN SCREAMS, IN A WHIMPER

YOUR FINAL RITES ARE SO SIMPLE

I’LL DECIDE

WHY SHOULD WE END WITH A WHIMPER?

[Verse 6: V1 & Soldier]

DONEC ANTE DOLOR

DROWNING IN DISORDER

CURSUS IN

DESCENDING UNTO YOU

[Verse 7: Soldier]

Gusts oh-so swiveling

Trust oh-so dwindling

Lust oh-so shimmering

Dust to dust, O city

Dusk skies, chill shivering

Hushed cries, still whimpering

Crushed by the withered king

Descending unto me

[Verse 8: Soldier]

Maybe keep on screaming

Maybe he’ll stop dreaming

Hopeless singing, torturous refrain

[Pre-Chorus: Soldier]

No stranger to pain

I guess you wouldn’t know

It’s such a shame

I insist on holding onto hope

[Chorus: Soldier]

Reach for my hand, hold me, my darling

Drown us in viscera beneath the stars

Weave a bouquet of withered flowers

Then will our star-crossed love be truly ours?

[Coda: Soldier]

O gentle king, why the decorum?

Why do you march us blindly to the end?

No eulogy, no memory for a great king of love and dreams

No requiem