Lyrics

They said the light would heal the dark
But their hands built the gallows and left their mark
Prayers rise like smoke to a silent sky
The echoes of their answers are the tears we cry

Kingdoms of ash
Temples of lies
Truth buried deep where the dead dreams lie
They preach of peace with blood on their hands
A crown for a tyrant in a broken land

A child’s laughter lost in the roar of war
While they bless the blade and demand encore
They kneel in gold as the starving fall
Their heaven is high but it has no walls

If gods are watching
They turn away
As prophets profit and soldiers decay

Kingdoms of ash
Temples of lies
Truth buried deep where the dead dreams lie
They preach of peace with blood on their hands
A crown for a tyrant in a broken land

The cross and the flag
They both cast a shadow
Over graves dug shallow
Hearts left hollow
Tell me
Where is the love they claim to defend
When the story of man is how it all ends