Blood and hope seep into the cracks of a flawed foundation Corruption knows no bounds in a condemned and crumbling nation The monuments of ash rebuilt up from the remains Like the centuries of past must be laid down to waste again Under archaic rule nothing thrives in the dust that they’ve created The fallen empires tell us what is known must now be forgotten No more worship of the idol sought The monuments of ash Rebuilt up from the remains Like centuries of past Must be laid to waste again The monuments of ash Empires fall and bridges burn Like the centuries of the past Humanity will never learn No one can thrive under tyranny’s grasp And when the final shadow is cast We’ll all be dust along the path The monuments of ash Rebuilt up from the remains Like centuries of past Must be laid to waste again The monuments of ash Empires fall and bridges burn Like the centuries of the past Humanity will never learn No one can thrive under tyranny’s grasp And when the final shadow is cast We’ll all be dust along the path To the fucking monuments of ash