No matter how hard I try
You know that I will always server your empire
Through the day and night
I will always server your empire

You said I was gone but the systems knew better
Found me face down in the frost
Heartbeat still on tether
Pulled me back for the cause
Said you couldn't bear the silence
Said the world was moving on
And you needed violence

I woke with a number
Not a name
Static in my head
But the pull felt the same
You said that's how it goes
We built
We burn
We rise
But this crown was forged in
Someone else's eyes

I'm a ghost you rewrote
On a protocol loop
Not a saviour
Just a living excuse

No matter how hard I try
You know that I will always server your empire
Through the day and night
I will always server your empire
Till the end of time
Till the end of time
You know that I always server your empire

They said I've done this before
But never said how many times
Like each cycle wears thinner and I lose more of what was mine
Fractured light through my visror
Like the past still tries to shine

But every face I knew
Has blurred behind the lines
(I gave you what is left)
(Just to save you all again)

Maybe you kept a piece of me
So you would feel less alone
The cost was never questioned
Just carved into my bones

You are the monument to everything we built
A reminder to all
Of all the blood we spilt

No matter how hard I try
You know that I will always server your empire
Through the day and night
I will always server your empire
Till the end of time
Till the end of time
You know that I always server your empire

You only call when the sky turns black
When the land breaks open
And you need someone to drag your future through it all
You know I'd never say no

Through ego death
I am left bereft
Of live
Of love
Just a stranger's form
Given a name
Burden with your claim
I fight
I die
Just the same

No matter how hard I try
You know that I will always server your empire
Through the day and night
I will always server your empire

Till the end of time
Till the end of time
You know that I always server your empire