The Harbinger from Fragile Immortals by Phantom Heir

And in the abyss
A flicker…
And here in the silence
A word…

Echoes of forgotten kings
Silent cries, ancient whispers
Dust settles on thrones
Legends fade, timeless sorrow

New empires rise, iron chains
Oppression’s grip tightens
Fear’s embrace
False ideals enslave, silent screams
Dark ages shaped, echoes persist

(Echoes persist)

Like a rumor of war
Like a clarion call
Like a crow at the door
A harbinger of what’s to come

Fragile immortals
Power’s facade
Challenging complacency’s grasp
Resistance blooms in despair's depths
Sustained cries pierce the silence

(Ashes to flame
Rubble to frame
Lashes to cane
Humbled to bane)

Look within, find strength
Human perseverance, defiance’s spark
Unheard voices unite, echoes amplify
Topple the unjust reign

Despair’s shadows fade, hope’s light
Neurosis yields to resilience
Dreams awaken, defiance thrives
In the valley of kings

Legacy reborn, ancient whispers guide
Resilience forged, paths emerge
Liberation's dawn, echoes of freedom,
In the hushed embrace of history.

Here’s your dead letter
The colossus will fall
The shadow’s turning on
Heed your dead letter
We’re answering the call

(Empires fall, thrones crumble
Dreams rise amidst chaos
Hope’s beacon shines bright
Against the unyielding dark)

Read your dead letter
We’re passing the pall
Rising to turn it all
Flee your dead letter
We’re rewriting the law

And in the abyss
A flicker…
And here in the silence
A word…

Fragile immortals, power’s facade
Challenging complacency’s grasp
Resistance blooms in despair’s depths
Sustained cries pierce the silence

Here’s your dead letter
The colossus will fall
The shadow’s turning on
Heed your dead letter
We’re answering the call

(Unyielding hearts, voices rise
Unbroken chorus, against oppression’s tide
Flames of justice ignite, architects of change
Destiny’s embrace, defiance prevails)

Read your dead letter
We’re passing the pall
Rising to turn it all
Flee your dead letter
We’re rewriting the law

(The shamed stay sane
Coming for the feet of the gods
The blamed break brave
Coming for the throat of the gods
The caged crave change
Coming for the seat of the gods
The razed raise rage
Coming for the head of the gods)

In the echoes of history’s embrace
We find strength, unity’s grace
Defying tyranny’s darkest night
Together we rise in the fight

(Ashes to flame
Rubble to frame
Lashes to cane
Humbled to bane)

Forge paths through adversity’s veil
Defiant whispers echo wide
Liberation’s cry, unstoppable force
In the valley’s timeless embrace.

Shadows yield to resilience’s light
Freedom’s reign
Legacy renewed

(x2)
In the valley of kings
Hope prevails against all odds

• Metal
• ambient metal
• instrumental
• metal
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• Philadelphia