To the King

Oh, ashes to ashes, your dust into dust

Telling yourself that you do, what you must

Oh, anything to keep your kingdom's trust

Monarch eternal as we slowly rust

How much is too much, oh, just what is the cost?

To keep up this faded and cursed Omelas

We lived, and we died, so that you could pause time

We hope you enjoyed your last subject's applause

One, two, three

You need sacrifice, to seal your damned demons away

Cause pain and death, it's fine

As long as this kingdom's mine

Live to see just one more day

Please, just one more try

I've got it this time

'Cause there's no cost, too great

Think of the future

Think of the past

Do you remember

Do you regret?

Think of your children

Think of your men

Someday you'll have to pay up your debt

Try to forget us

We dare you to try

'Cause we will remind you

This isn't goodbye

Look to the future

Look to the past

Do you remember, your graveyard?

Silently, slowly, we keep up the fight

Given some time, we just might set things right

We try, and we try, to climb up to the light

With corpses beneath you, do you sleep at night?

Way up above, lies your chosen pure knight

The only one spared was the one with no mind

For you, for your heart, for your love did they lie?

Pretend all is fine as their mind rots inside

One, two, three

You need sacrifice, to keep your damned demons away

Cause pain and death, it's fine

As long as this kingdom's mine

Live to see just one more day

Please, just one more try

I've got it this time

'Cause there's no cost, too great

Think of the future

Think of the past

Do you remember

Do you regret?

Think of your children

Think of your men

Someday you'll have to pay up your debt

Try to forget us

We dare you to try

'Cause we will remind you

This isn't goodbye

Think of the future

Think of the past

Do you remember, your graveyard?

Our voices will cry out again