Rise and Fall

[Verse] Dark clouds gather round Whispers fill the air Shadows start to spread A kingdom in despair [Verse 2] Power seized in night Dreams of conquest grand Marching to a beat With blood upon the land [Chorus] Rise and fall we see The cruel reality Innocence swept away In history's darkest day [Verse 3] Ashes of the past Lingers in the mind Memories of pain Of a different kind [Bridge] Hope through the haze Light in the gray Voices of the lost Never fade away [Verse 4] Lessons that we learned Engraved deep within Remind us to resist The pathways into sin