While walking through the corridors of power  Beware of delusions that only drag you down  You serve a system built on intrigues and cheat  Maybe there's no way to escape your own defeat    Can you still see the shape of the enemy?  As you sink deeper and deeper in sin and misery  You wished for a shining return of the empire  Fate has not decided yet, will it all end in fire?    The omens were there - you failed to see  New allies add to the list of fatalities  Unable to recognize you're just a part of something greater  A new age is coming, hard to accept your role as a puppet    Can you still see the shape of the enemy?  Your shame goes hand in hand with sin and misery  Glory you wanted, for a conquering empire  Fate has not decided yet, will it all end in fire?    Why is there a monster on the throne?  You put it there, now terror of silence reigns all alone  May this loneliness fade away from your personal dome  Sometimes even shadows can guide us the way home...    Can you still see the shape of the enemy?  As you sink deeper and deeper in sin and misery  Pain is all you received for the beloved empire  Fate has not decided yet, will it all end in fire?      ("The Winter Of Our Discontent")