Depraved Lyrics - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire And Demise - Emperor

... he looked upon the world 

and saw that it was still depraved 

as him 

though not like him 

for him, as all 

but closed 

like them 

not him 

unaware 

he was 

already caught within 

their cycle 

with them 

outside 

depraved 

instinctive 

rebellion 

possessed 

by bestial despair 

he fought 

this law 

and broke 

the spell 

"So, this is why I built my empire 

fled from the truths unto which they conspire" 

in spirit born a stranger 

a counterpart in mind 

the seeker raised to bury 

a freak among the blind 

encountered with mysteries 

on his mission to reverse their ways 

he sought a life among the dead 

with refuge in an endless maze 

...before the silence... 

"This can not be the purpose of my presence. 

What then is the call of my return?"