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[ti:Nero's Decay]
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[00:00.97]Alesana

[00:43.01]our empire has fallen

[00:46.09]the columns came crashing down

[00:48.87]faster that children could outrun the shadows

[00:54.02]drunk with hysteria the survivors are running for their lives

[00:59.08]as precious dreams erupt before their very eyes



[01:04.34]tonight, it's over...at long last we will fall

[01:09.25]ruins will fight in our stead



[01:13.59]my flesh is burning from the embers

[01:17.08]but still the brilliant tale of our utopia survives

[01:19.76]tonight her beautiful exterior may crash and burn to ash

[01:25.22]but the fight for her honor will rage on

[01:30.22]I hope I never see the end

[01:35.07]I hope I never have to live without her comfort

[01:39.43]but for now she dies... oh Rome! so full of majesty, you're gone...



[01:45.28]wind chokes on the ashes as acrid smoke strangles the sun

[01:48.77]their jealous arrows ran, hollow drums pound at the gates

[01:55.24]breaking the din of screams

[01:57.83]our feeble offerings to forgotten Gods are left to rot in temples of their lust

[02:05.46]as they lay forth their plans to destroy our pride, our home



[02:10.41]tonight, it's over...at long last we will fall

[02:16.53]ruins will fight in our stead



[02:21.28]my flesh is burning from the embers

[02:24.12]but still the brilliant tale of our utopia survives

[02:26.59]tonight her beautiful exterior may crash and burn to ash

[02:32.35]but the fight for her honor will rage on

[02:37.35]I hope I never see the end

[02:42.11]I hope I never have to live without her comfort

[02:46.81]but for now she dies... oh Rome! so full of majesty, you're gone...

[03:20.08]...beg the flames for our mercy...

[03:32.36]these aged walls have seen too much

[03:35.19]to forget the past in the face of this final trial

[03:44.85]watch her crumble so true as mayhem cuts her down

[03:50.05]let them have our treasure, her voice lives on

[03:56.87]let them take our city for her splendor lives on



[04:02.49]...at long last we will fall...
