My fallen king, my everything What happened to our dream? I once believed you'd be with me At the end of all things Though our love was still alive Buried under alibis When I looked into your life I saw the warning signs... in your eyes Empires rise We built them tall Higher highs Higher walls Our kingdom was a paradise We seemed to have it all In the end, it's not your fault Empires rise Empires fall Our desperate quests for happiness Existing in extremes To separate ends with separate friends Enlisting in our dreams The slow collapse of passing time Showed the cracks were growing wide While we grasped for the divine Despite the warning signs... in our eyes Empires rise We built them tall Higher highs Higher walls Our kingdom was a paradise We seemed to have it all In the end, it's not our fault Empires rise It was a lonely throne, a lonely throne It was a lonely throne that you held And I'm the one, oh I'm the one Oh I'm the one who failed Empires rise Empires rise Our kingdom lies in ruins But our legacy lives on In the end, it's not all gone Empires rise