CROWN THE EMPIRE LYRICS

1. Call To Arms (Act I)

Dear citizens of the New Fallout,
For too long, our society has succumbed to the tyranny of our own actions
Wars, riots, we have tolerated the scum
And have graciously cleaned up the mess.
Well, no more!
You have all been a consequence of the disease known as freedom,
And now it is time to take that freedom away!
As of today, you will be stripped of your identity,
And anything you hold dear in life
For it is your individuality that has led to your destruction.
Your children will be left to rot as punishment for your indiscretion,
And the lives you have lived until now will be nothing but a memory.
This is for the survival of the race!
This is for the New Fallout!
This is the end!

In the darkest night, the faintest light is blinding.
In the darkest night, the faintest light is blinding.

For my fallen stars,
Bannermen ready for your call to arms.
And for my broken hearts,
It's time to take back what we thought we'd lost.

For my fallen stars,
Bannermen ready for your call to arms.
And for my broken hearts,
It's time to take back what we thought we'd lost.

This is the resistance!
It's a call to arms,
The anthem for all those who don't belong.
We're here to take our stand.

This is the resistance!
It's been far too long,
That we've put all our faith in to the corrupt.

It's time to start the end!

2. Initiation

Welcome new recruits to your evaluation and initiation course.
This system is designed to test your survival and critical thinking
skills in Aeon City.
Please adjust the volume and do not move.

Welcome.
To the Resistance.

I've been a victim.
I've been a coward hiding underneath my pain.
I've been immobilized and watched the system
Destroy everything I loved
We cannot take this.
We must Resist this.

Who will you follow when the world fades to the grey?
Where can I turn when the world gives up on me?

I keep waiting in the dark for someone to come and save me
And I've been holding on to something I can never change.
We all search for higher ground
When the world comes crashing down, but I know
Nobody will come in to the dark and save me.

With iron claws and casted hearts
I feel my fear just fall apart.
I'm melted down to clear my past
then forged from fire so that I may ask

Who will you follow when the world fades to the grey?
Where can I turn when the world gives up on me?

I keep waiting in the dark for someone to come and save me
And I've been holding on to something I can never change.
We all search for higher ground
When the world comes crashing down, but I know
Nobody will come in to the dark and save me.

All new recruits,
We have been surrounded by scarecrows.
This is not a drill.
I repeat this is not a drill.
Runaway status is active to all new recruits starting immediately.
System failure.

Look what they've done to us.
Look what they've done to us.
Look what they've done to us.

I've grown so sick of hiding,
It's time we reclaim what's ours.
They try to say what we'll become
And rearrange the stars.
I know I'm sick and fucking tired
Of this mess they've made.
So let their arrows block the sun.
We will fight under the shade.

Welcome to the Resistance

I keep waiting in the dark for someone to come and save me
And I've been holding on to something I can never change.
We all search for higher ground
When the world comes crashing down, but I know
Nobody will come in to the dark and save me.

3. Millennia

Hey there, shadow,
You didn't seem to care at all when you watched me go.
I know young love is just a dream,
We were only seventeen,
But you're the only love I've known.

So please just let me go if you're done
'Cause it's hope that kills this heart.
So please set me free, kill the spark.

I've been gone from this world for what seems like millennia,
Looking for nothing short of a miracle.
I only ever wanted to come home.
Please won't you let me go?
When I have nowhere left I can run away
Will you lie to me, tell me I'll be okay?
Close my eyes and lay me in my tomb.
Then pull the trigger and send me home.

So how did I get so far from my yesterdays?
Another broken heart now just a memory.
I should've left you in the dark,
I should've left this awful town
And never found out how to love.

So I don't wanna know about the things that you regret now that we're dead and over and done.
Get away from me and leave my heart under the rug.

I've been gone from this world for what seems like millennia
Looking for nothing short of a miracle
I only ever wanted to come home,
Please won't you let me go?
When I have nowhere left I can run away,
Will you lie to me, tell me I'll be okay?
Close my eyes and lay me in my tomb.
Then pull the trigger and send me home.

So send me home!

I've been gone from this world for what seems like millennia
Looking for nothing short of a miracle
I only ever wanted to come home,
So won't you let me go?
When I have nowhere left I can run away,
Will you lie to me, tell me I'll be okay?
Close my eyes and lay me in my tomb.
Then pull the trigger and send me...

4. Machines

We hold on to the lies to feel free,
So shackled by smiles, so empty.
We're scared of the war, so we've forgotten who we are.
We've traded in hope for safety, we're raised in the smoke,
Insisting that we're all too tired to light the fire,
And shake the earth.

But if all we are is just machines, then let's become a miracle
And break free from these chains.
We must be more than just machines,
So let them hear our hearts, so let them hear our hearts.
So let them hear our hearts, so let them hear our hearts!

Yeah!

Where will you run when there's no place left for you to hide?
When you're faced with the flood, will you stand for the future,
And swallow your pride?

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who dares to dream!
I scream at the top of my lungs, I hope that I'm proven wrong!

But if all we are is just machines, then let's become a miracle
And break free from these chains.
We must be more than just machines, so let them hear our hearts
So let them hear our hearts!

Where will you run when there's no place left for you to hide?
When you're faced with the flood, will you stand for the future,
And swallow your pride?

Where will you run when there's no place left for you to hide?
When you're faced with the flood, will you stand for the future,
And swallow your pride?

If all we are is just machines, then we must be the cogs,
Inside the wheels of change.
We must be more than just machines,
We can't afford to hide.
We must embrace the pain.

If all we are is just machines, then we must be the cogs,
Inside the wheels of change.
We must be more than just machines,
We can't afford to hide.
We must embrace the pain.

5. The Wolves Of Paris (Act II)

When the days had grown shortest, and the leaves all died.
When life became scarce and all was covered in ice.
There lived a pack of wolves against every odd.
That grew hungry and tired and needed to hunt.

They'd sneak in to the towns in the dead of the night.
And seek fire for comfort and warmth in the light.
And though they weren't evil, and knew it was wrong.
They couldn't escape, the lust for the blood.

6. MNSTR

I am the ghost in the shadows
I am the fear of the dark
I am the murderer of apathy
An angel that's fallen

I am the psycho the sinner
I am what you can't escape
I am the splinter underneath your skin
I am a monster

With a bang
I feel my heart start to separate
The enemy within
Can no longer be contained

I'm running from myself
There's something inside of me
And it's ripping a hole through my chest

I spit the fire from my lungs
The creature I buried
Is now the beast that I've become
We pretend that we can be somebody else
But heaven's judgments nothing when
You're already in hell

So take these broken wings
They'll just slow me down
(I'll never be the same, I'll never be the same)
And take my fragile heart
They'll just tear it out
(This is the end of broken me)

They call me to the lights

I am the ghost in the shadows
I am the fear of the dark
I am the murderer of apathy
The angel that's fallen

I am the psycho the sinner
I am what you can't escape
I am the splinter underneath your skin
I am a monster

I feel so god damn tired
And I can't escape the things I've lost
The cycle repeats and repeats
And I can't turn the fucking power off

I hate the things that I'm not
And I'm sick of how this has to end
I tried to reason with you
But now all of you are fucking dead

I am the living dead
I am the living dead
I walk through hell alone
And none of you can save me now

So take these broken wings
They'll just slow me down
(I'll never be the same, I'll never be the same)
And take my fragile heart
They'll just tear it out
(This is the end of broken me)

They call me to the lights
Their voices just like thunder
They call me to the lights
But I am already gone, what have I done?

I am the ghost in the shadows
I am the fear of the dark
I am the murderer of apathy
An angel that's fallen

I am the psycho the sinner
I am what you can't escape
I am the splinter underneath your skin
I am a monster

7. Second Thoughts

Sh...

I hear the static drawing nearer, there's no way out.
I breathe the ice and let the fire die.
They keep on feeding me the chemicals I need to breathe,
But how can something so important not belong to me?
I can't pretend like I'm the one who's gonna change this but all I know is that our time is running out.

I get so tired lighting fires when I know we still have so much further left we could go.

So how much longer must I wait to fill this emptiness?
I've made mistakes and had my dreams slip through the cracks.
I've seen such hate surround me inside of this dark abyss
But all this pain just makes me certain that there's love for me to find on brighter paths.

And out of the dust I see the light creep in and I know it won't be long.
But I'm still terrified 'cause at least in the dark no one else can see who you really are.
So bring me, raise up your guns
And blame me for all of your wrongs.
It seems hate is all I have left, yeah, it's all I have left, it's the only thing that's left in me.

I get so tired lighting fires when I know we still have so much further left we could go.

So how much longer must I wait to fill this emptiness?
I've made mistakes and had my dreams slip through the cracks.
I've seen such hate surround me inside of this dark abyss
But all this pain just makes me certain that there's love for me to find on brighter paths.

So when you feel like you're falling under, holding on to the things you thought you loved.
Will you let all of the things you've run from chew you up and spit you out?
(there's so much now)

I get so tired lighting fires when I know we still have so much further left we could go. [2x]

So how much longer must I wait to fill this emptiness?
I've made mistakes and had my dreams slip through the cracks.
I've seen such hate surround me inside of this dark abyss
But all this pain just makes me certain that there's love for me to find on brighter paths (find on brighter paths)

Don't be scared, we'll see the lights go out...

8. Maniacal Me

When color starts to fade everything you see is tainted grey
As hope drains from your veins
Fear will slowly take its place

Feel the charge rush down your spine
Every hair stands on end, in shock of your own mind
Lost in the sound of the pounding hearts
The wires have shorted, the circuits gone dark
All it takes is a spark

The masquerade
Is lit ablaze
Surrounding me as fear consumes my soul

There's a maniac within, taking hold of me again
No place left for me to hide behind the eyes of a maniac

I'm a fucking maniac!

Scarlet drapes my eyes the phantom calls from deep inside
Revealing my disguise, the freak beneath has come alive
Suffering is all I'm wanting
You've been chosen for my haunting

The masquerade
Is lit ablaze
Surrounding me as fear consumes my soul

There's a maniac within, taking hold of me again
No place left for me to hide behind the eyes of a maniac

I'm a maniac, a maniac, a maniac!

I am the bane of your existence
Feeble are all your attempts at resistance
Stealing your sanity, watching you rot
Just lying in wait, ready or not

Here I come!

You stare in the mirror and the evil you see
Is the menace within you that you have set free
Unleashing the beast brings the freedom you seek
But there's no escaping maniacal me

9. Satellites (Act III)

Am I too desperate, too caught up in all the noise?
Do I mean nothing, another angry voice?
Did I even have a choice? Did I only make things worse?
Am I just another angry voice?
Then I hear the heart sing...
(Hey-Hey-aohaoh-aohaoh-aohaohhhh) then I hear the heart sing...
(Hey-Hey-aohaoh-aohaoh-aohaohhhh)

Will you remember me after the lights go out?
Will you remember me after the sun goes down?
Will you remember me after the lights go out?
Will you remember me after the sun goes down and down and down?!

And when I'm worried then I'll look up to the satellites and hear them call your name.
Then I know I can't be the only star in the world that's trying to burn.
So look up to the satellites and hear them call your name.
They're singing...
(Hey-Hey-aohaoh-aohaoh-aohaohhhh)
I know that I'm never alone...

10. Rise Of The Runaways

On trial for our fates,
we are The Runaways.
Outta place with mistakes we never made,
because, all we are
to anyone is just a Runaway.
So fate found a day to take it all away.
Cut down and encased inside a cage.
Because all we are
To anyone is just a Runaway.

Well if the waters so deep,
Then why are all of you still standing?
And if the sinner's asleep
Then how can I rattle his cage?
I'm so sick of these dark days chasing me further under ground,
But I'll find my way to light,
And you'll find your own demise.

We were not born the enemy,
and we will not stop for anything!
So try to tell me all the things that I've done wrong.
This fire will burn until we fall!

Well how am I supposed to feel like everything will be okay,
When you try to suffocate
What little is left of me?
So fuck off you've dug your grave and I will be just fine,
Cuz I'll find my way to light,
It's always been here inside!

We were not born the enemy
and we will not stop for anything!
So try to tell me all the things that I've done wrong.
This fire will burn until we fall!
So try to live with the things that you've done,
and try to take all the things that I've loved.
You won't break me, I will rise above.
This fire will burn until we fall!

Run, run, running,
I keep running,
I keep on running, away.
Run, run, running,
I keep running,
I keep on running, away.
Run, run, running,
I keep running,
I keep on running, away.

On trial for our fates,
we are The Runaways.
Outta place with mistakes we never made,
because, all we are
to anyone is just a Runaway.
So fate found a day to take it all away.
Cut down and encased inside a cage.
Because all we are
Is just a Runaway!

We were not born the enemy
and we will not stop for anything!
So try to tell me all the things that I've done wrong.
This fire will burn until we fall!
So try to live with the things that you've done,
and try to take all the things that I've loved.
You won't break me, I will rise above.
This fire will burn until we fall!

Run, run, running,
I keep running,
I keep on running, away!
Run, run, running,
I keep running,
I keep on running, away!
Run, run, running,
I keep running,
I keep on running, away!
I keep on running away!
I keep on running away!
I keep on running!

11. Bloodline

(Ohah, ooahooah)
(Oohaah ehaheahah)

Rise!

You took a part of me.
I've wasted all this time just giving up.
The revolution's starting,
Why don't you try and stop it.
We've lost control of our minds.
You think we're giving in?
It's time to prove yourself.
So let the battle begin.
Oh!
We're not the same kids you used to know.
So you wanna play this dangerous game?
Well, we're ready to go.
(Yeah we're ready to fucking go!)

So at the end of the world.
Let's let em hear us say;
We are, we are, we are- the creatures that you've hunted.
We are we are, we are- the ghosts of hope you've killed.
Stand up, stand up, stand up,- we're taking back tomorrow.
Become become become- become the cog and crown.

(Ohah, ooahooah)
(Oohaah ehaheahah)

You think you're done with me?
Like you can light the match and not get burned?
We are the kids you love to hate.
The ones that never learned,
To be part of the system.
We were born to tear shit inside out.
So sharpen your teeth,
And ready your guns,
The Revolution starts now.

We've already died if we give in to everything they ask.
So become more tonight.
We are your bloodline.

We've already died if we give in to everything they ask.
So become more tonight.
We are your bloodline,

Unleash Hell!

This is your bloodline, bloodline.
We are your, we are your lifeline, lifeline.

This is your bloodline, bloodline.
We are your, we are your lifeline, lifeline.
So let them hear us say;

We are we are we are- the creatures that you've hunted.
We are we are we are- the ghosts of hope you've killed.
Stand up stand up stand up- we're taking back tomorrow.
Become become become- become the cog and crown.

We are we are- the creatures that you've hunted.
We are we are- the ghosts of hope you've killed.
Stand up stand up stand up- we're taking back tomorrow.
Become become become- become the cog and-

(Ohah, ooahooah)
(Oohaah ehaheahah)

Become the cog and-

(Oohaah ehaheahah)

12. The Phoenix Reborn

Trademark the revolution
Swallow your sin and bury your soul
This is your retribution
The end of all that you know

We come as we are
We are what you're not
We come as we are
We are what you're not

So let the fire rise!

Run, you can't escape me
I am the air that fills your lungs
Fall, you are the disease
But I'm immune to all you've done

Take back what's ours, take back
We're taking back this world

So say your goodbyes
We're at an all out war
The world won't survive
But I'll chose how I die tonight
So say you're alive one last time

And let the fire rise
Rise, rise, rise
Wipe the ashes from your eyes and rise, rise, rise
Every end is a start's disguise

We're holding on to tomorrow
The day our flag will ascend
We are the voice of the hollow
We are the start of your end
We are the start of your end!

So say your goodbyes
We're at an all out war
The world won't survive
But I'll chose how I die tonight
So say you're alive one last time

And let the fire rise!
Rise, rise, rise
'Cause we chose how we die tonight

13. Johnny's Rebellion

I start to levitate
I feel the air beneath my wings
I hear my pulse
I taste the air I breathe
I touch the ground
I see the end and I feel whole again

I hear the echoes of a world I'd left behind
I taste the victory I thought I'd never find
I touch the ground but it's slipping away
From me and now I can't see it
I can't see anything, somebody out there, please help me, ah!

Oh Johnny!

Wake the fuck up
It's your big day
Wouldn't want to keep all those angry souls waiting, now would you?

This is the story of Johnny's group of misfits taking on the Devil himself
Welcome to Hell

I can't believe it was a dream
I walked the surface
Breathed the air then found myself back underneath
It must've been a sign
It's time to take back what was mine
I am alive

So it's time that I bid you farewell
I'll sign my release with your blood
You can't keep me trapped in this hell
I won't ever call this my tomb
The place where your soul's sent to die
Is the place where my purpose was found
I'm taking control of my life
And I'm raising an army from hell
And I'm burning this place to the ground

First I'll take the things he loves
Make him feel defeated, make him feel defeated
Then I'll take his fucking heart
Make him watch you eat it, make them watch you eat it
I can't remain here, I'm taking control
So string 'em out, and bare his bones
I'm taking back my soul

You think you can run?
You think you can hide?
No! I'm done hiding!
I challenge you to fight me to the death

So it's time that I bid you farewell
I'll sign my release with your blood
You can't keep me trapped in this hell
I won't ever call this my tomb
The place where your soul's sent to die
Is the place where my purpose was found
I'm taking control of my life
And I'm raising an army from hell
And I'm burning this place to the ground

So it seems it's my time
Fate has brought me to now
With armies aligned
We brace for the sound
Of ten thousand souls fighting for air
The chance to live again
So ready your guns, prepare for the end
'Cause the last thing that you'll hear is
"Off with his head!"

With the force of ten thousand guns
I destroy everything you built
Corner you with nowhere to run
Then I tear your black heart straight out of your chest

I took his crown of fire
And I crushed it with my hands
I came, I saw, and I conquered

So did you miss me?
Well here's my farewell
I'm crazier than I ever fucking was
I'm king of the dead and the damned
I thought that this day'd never come
But why should you sinners be saved?
You wouldn't be free without me
I'm your leader, your savior, your king
And I don't think that I'm ready to leave

So gather ye demons, it seems it's your day
I sin but I've paid more than ten thousand graves
And though we're the damned we're so far from alone
So let's bury the hatchet inside of their skulls





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