Piercing through armor

-stinging arrow of fate

Kings pleading through sorrow

-cries coming too late

Our struggle with the empire

-and all that was lost

Indebted to our children

-regardless of cost

We slay them for tomorrow

-for what lies in store

Pleasures offered for freedom

-temptation from whore

Souls auction for wealth

-her power and gold

The vacuum of a nation

-left in the cold