[Verse 1]
Inside cathedrals raised by borrowed fear
The merchants of redemption reappear
Wrapped in ivory garments, cold and clean
Selling paradise through crafted dreams
The sacred vintage circles through the hall
Ancient promises projected from the wall
The flock returns to hear the same refrain
Paying for relief yet feeding the machine
[Pre-Chorus]
Every question sealed behind a door
Every doubt forbidden evermore
[Chorus]
REQUIEM AETERNAM!
DONA EIS, DOMINE!
The statues crack beneath their own decree!
REQUIEM AETERNAM!
DONA EIS, DOMINE!
Buried by the weight of certainty!
REQUIEM AETERNAM!
DONA EIS, DOMINE!
Every verdict carved itself too deep!
REQUIEM AETERNAM!
DONA EIS, DOMINE!
Now only vacant pedestals remain!
[Melodic Metal Guitar Solo]
[Verse 2]
They sip the vintage, laughing out of sight
While preaching sacrifice from painted heights
Half-gods in ivory speaking heaven's name
Yet every sermon feeds the very game
They bless the wounds they never had to bear
They sell forgiveness wrapped in whispered prayer
A thousand knees collapse before the stage
While gilded actors read another page
[Pre-Chorus]
The cracks spread wider through the stone
The shepherds find themselves alone
[Chorus]
REQUIEM AETERNAM!
DONA EIS, DOMINE!
The statues crack beneath their own decree!
REQUIEM AETERNAM!
DONA EIS, DOMINE!
Buried by the weight of certainty!
REQUIEM AETERNAM!
DONA EIS, DOMINE!
Every verdict carved itself too deep!
REQUIEM AETERNAM!
DONA EIS, DOMINE!
Now only vacant pedestals remain!
[Fast Shredding Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
The first rows vanish one by one each year
The ancient language no one wants to hear
The marketplace of miracles declines
Exposed by every fracture in its lines
No armies gathered at the city's gate
No rival empire sealed its final fate
The structure weakened by its own design
A slow collapse measured across time
[Bridge]
No beast arose
No heavens split apart
No fire descended from the dark
The pillars yielded to themselves
The failure started in the design
The robes grew old
The echoes thinned
The faithful stopped returning
And all the truths proclaimed as stone
Were finally overturned
[Hard 'n' Heavy Guitar Solo – Building to Climax]
[Final Chorus]
REQUIEM AETERNAM!
DONA EIS, DOMINE!
The statues crack beneath their own decree!
REQUIEM AETERNAM!
DONA EIS, DOMINE!
Buried by the weight of certainty!
REQUIEM AETERNAM!
DONA EIS, DOMINE!
Every verdict carved itself too deep!
REQUIEM AETERNAM!
DONA EIS, DOMINE!
Now only vacant pedestals remain!
[Outro]
The wine stands untouched upon the table
The pulpit speaks but no one turns to listen
Dust drifts across forgotten names
And empty benches mark the distance
No conqueror arrived to claim the crown
No final battle brought it down
A monument convinced it could not fall
Collapsed beneath the weight of its own walls
REQUIEM AETERNAM
DONA EIS, DOMINE...
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