End Of An Empire - Turisas

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[00:01.42]The time is here
[00:04.45]Time to be brave, while others fear
[00:08.56]Fear the stars, the moon and the Holy Ghost
[00:14.04]It's what lurks in the dark that scares us the most
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[00:20.37]You're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't
[00:26.16]What tomorrow brings is still the unknown
[00:31.94]But can you condone? How to atone?
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[00:36.42]I'm so alone
[00:39.16]How can I know I won't bemoan?
[00:44.95]Every tale, needs its star and knave
[00:51.30]Which part I play is yet to be unveiled
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[00:57.77]History: just what's agreed
[01:02.99]Yet it will judge both you and me
[01:09.34]Shields and swords, will win you wars
[01:14.99]But in the end, the battles for our hearts
[01:20.53]Fought by bards
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[01:36.94]We know the walls will fall
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[01:51.46]You look back in time
[01:53.45]No-one heard the bells chime
[01:56.06]You wonder how
[01:59.86]How could they this allow?
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[02:02.96]Exactly the same
[02:05.38]Are the questions aimed your way
[02:08.43]When looking back on today
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[02:14.72]The time is here
[02:17.52]Time to be brave, let others fear
[02:20.80]We know the walls will fall
[02:28.27]But out of the ashes a new day will dawn
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[02:33.86]We've enslaved the world
[02:36.67]We have slaughtered, we've burned
[02:40.28]All, in the name of our faith
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[02:45.69]Only a fool would except
[02:48.36]Others to settle for anything less
[02:52.10]The tide is about to turn
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[03:20.54]The sea has pulled away
[03:22.96]Like small children we play
[03:25.89]What is this?
[03:28.75]Come take a look at all these fish!
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[03:32.30]As long as you spend
[03:34.97]There is more for you to lend
[03:37.88]Someone always saves us in the end
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[03:44.04]The time is here
[03:46.97]Time to be brave, let others fear
[03:49.95]We know the walls will fall
[03:57.23]But out of the ashes a new day will dawn
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[04:03.26]We've enslaved the world
[04:06.25]We have slaughtered, we've burned
[04:09.80]All, while knowing what is best
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[04:15.14]Might take a year or ten,
[04:18.25]Generations of men,
[04:21.48]We've passed the point of no return
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[04:33.27]Fifty-three days in fifty-three
[04:36.50]Fifty-three steps for you to acknowledge your defeat
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[04:42.15]The last in line: Ultimus Romanorum
[04:47.69]Evolution through revolution
[04:50.99]A frozen river, enough to tip an empire
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[04:56.47]Stalingrad, Waterloo, Bastille, Poltava, Stamford Bridge,
[05:05.05]At Manzikert ‒ it all would end.
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[05:12.96]Tough are times ahead
[05:15.45]With care you tread
[05:17.81]Before you know
[05:22.03]Out we need to bow
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[05:24.22]Enjoy it while it lasts
[05:26.95]Soon forgotten in the past
[05:29.82]Our time here ended so fast
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[05:35.54]Open your eyes
[05:38.40]Yourself apprise
[05:41.70]All empires find their demise
[05:46.73]The taller they are, the harder they fall
[05:52.89]The snowball
[05:55.87]Is on the roll
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[05:59.30]Open your eyes
[06:02.23]Yourself apprise
[06:05.59]New powers are on the rise
[06:10.75]So strong is our faith, the world stays as is
[06:16.84]Until it hits, like shattering glass to bits
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[06:24.37]How did this happen?
[06:27.79]How could this happen?
[06:30.27]How could the empire fall?
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