[Intro]
White scars on a frozen world
Breath smoke in a dying sky
Sirens spin like haunted birds
We saddle up, we say goodbye
[Verse 1]
Walkers crawling through the dusk
Steel beasts over broken snow
Every heartbeat kicking dust
Every friend another ghost
You said hope was all we had
Tiny fire in a hungry night
But the ground split, black and bad
And you fell beneath the fight
[Chorus]
This is the empire striking back
Every star turned into ash
Every promise under attack
But I won’t turn, I won’t crash
I’ll hang from the edge of the past
Blood on my hands, blue blade in the black
If it breaks me in half
Let the empire strike, I strike back
[Verse 2]
City hanging in the clouds
Gold halls, quiet, too kind
Old friend with his head bowed
Deal cut in the thin line
Hear you breathing in my bones
Mask hissing like a loaded gun
“Join me,” echo in my throne
I am father, I am son
[Chorus]
This is the empire striking back
Every star turned into ash
Every promise under attack
But I won’t turn, I won’t crash
I’ll hang from the edge of the past
Blood on my hands, blue blade in the black
If it breaks me in half
Let the empire strike, I strike back
[Bridge]
Hand gone, heart torn (hey!)
Falling through the storm
Was it all a lie I wore
Or the truth I was made for
Call my name through the dust
“Kid, just hold on, just trust”
I am shattered, I’m not done
I am broken, not undone
[Chorus]
This is the empire striking back
Every star turned into ash
Every promise under attack
But I won’t turn, I won’t crash
I’ll hang from the edge of the past
Blood on my hands, blue blade in the black
If it breaks me in half
Let the empire strike, I strike back