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

... and after years in dark tunnels 

he came to silence 

there was nothing... 

he realised that the cheering cries of worship 

were but echoes of his harsh outspoken word 

reflecting back at him from cold and naked walls 

in hollow circles fled illusions of wisdom he had heard 

"From nothing came all I ever knew" 

and he beheld the ruins 

of an empire torn apart 

yet, no grief nor rage did bind him 

just silent and bewildered 

by the emptiness 

he stumbled off his throne 

suddenly, the walls around him cracked wide open 

and an endless void appeared in flickering, grey light 

"What force, but silence, has deprived me of my coil? 

No trail to guide me. No point of reference in sight." 

"By nothing, resurrection will be pure." 

and he beheld the ruins 

of an empire torn apart 

wiping dust off his shoulders 

just silent now 

in this emptiness 

leaving all behind 

step by step 

past all past 

slowly he approached the surface 

nothing left 

to sacrifice 

the mirrors mocked him on the way