A crumbling empireWhere angels fear to treadInto the ruins of a civilizationA society ripped to shredsNo semblance of orderInto the world which I abjureWhere the bloody blade is forgedAm I the cause of the cure?Our destiny is soon revealedBattle strewn, no way to healWe spread the wings of failureFor the world's last goodnightDownfall!In the flames of the burning landsWho claims to have the upper hand?Bonfire of the vanities and spiteLike Sodom and GomorrahForsaken and aloneLook how the mighty all have fallenWe reap what we have sewnWhen all the marble palacesAre blackened, sacked and burnedWill we understand man's ignoranceThrough all the lessons learned?Our destiny is soon revealedBattle strewn, no way to healWe spread the wings of failureFor the world's last goodnightDownfall!In the flames of the burning landsWho claims to have the upper hand?Bonfire of the vanities and spiteFall!Fall!Fall!Downfall!So quick to claim the credit dueYet no one takes the blameLike Nero played his violinWhile watching Rome in flamesImplosion of our nations throughDecisions of its kingsDownfall of our creationIt's the end of everythingOur destiny is soon revealedBattle strewn, no way to healWe spread the wings of failureFor the world's last goodnightDownfall!In the flames of the burning landsWho claims to have the upper hand?Bonfire of the vanities and spite