Gla** Hammer - Ozymandias lyrics

Behold this sad and lifeless thing It, to my heart a chill doth bring Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Hath stood the ages here alone Half sunk in cracked earth lays nearby A face which staring at the sky Lies dumb, yet terror once it spoke Yet time hath dealt its k**ing stroke It broken lies and chokes on sand In d**h it found no tomb The spirit fell which once indwelt him Hath fled to find its doom Eyes bright, shined like dragon fire from Lofty throne he ruled, he reigned While his subjects cringed in fear beneath his gaze The sculptor 'neath his gaze 'Twould be a monument of praise Thus he enshrined the royal sneer Of him, this Tyrant-King of Fear I kneel to wipe away the dust of years With trembling fingers trace the words Found etched upon its base They said, "I am King of Kings See my works and know despair!" Yet broken now he lies forgotten! Let's turn and leave him there Nothing remains but this colossal wreck of stone Round it boundless, bare stretch wide the desert sand Forgotten, he lies Here, his legacy dies I think he died a bitter d**h A curse he flung with dying breath "I am slain and my deeds were done in vain But others shall come as tyrants rise up." And surely I've seen his kind aplenty, again and again Empathy in short supply, lovers of themselves Victor or the victim? You must choose whom you will serve Pride hath slain this king of old Yet his curse will surely stand For fate is a treacherous thing And none can know what it brings But I for one will walk away And seek out those who yearn for love We folk with empathy must ever be on guard for those without.