[Instrumental]

[Verse 1 - slow]

Hero, had you forgotten me,

I'm the master of sword and sorcery.

In shadows cast by the waning moon,

I weave the dark of a thousand runes.

[Pre-Chorus - ramping up the tempo]

From echoes deep of ancient halls,

Where whispers creep and darkness calls.

Bound by blood in the fates' cruel game,

Hero and villain, we're one and the same.

[Chorus - choir enters the scene]

On this stage of steel and sorrow,

I play the king of no tomorrow.

Face me now as the curtains rise,

In the final act, even the devil dies.

[Verse 2 - fast drums, slow guitar]

Once allies in the battles won,

Now foes under the fractured sun.

Through the mists of time, our swords have danced,

In this eternal waltz, we are entranced.

[Bridge - opera]

Remember me as you strike the blow,

The tyrant king from the tales of woe.

Through the tapestry that fate has spun,

My reign must end as your will be done.

[Chorus - fast]

On this stage of steel and sorrow,

I play the king of no tomorrow.

Face me now as the curtains rise,

In the final act, even the devil dies.

[Verse 3]

Alas, my time upon this stage so brief,

A fleeting tyrant, bound in silent grief.

All acts must end, though the crowd implores,

Gone too soon, with so many encores.

[Outro]

As the spotlight fades on my final scene,

Slay me hero, end this dream.

In the twilight of my last decree,

Find your peace and set us both free.