Besieged to Hel
One Man War Band
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A beaten general flees And by his hand The Emperor bleeds Euphoric on their victory Siege engines are raised And thirteen gates are barred from within Five miles of wall surrounds One million citizens Dwell, and hope, and pray And the Son of Heaven ascends To an accursed throne In a city under siege The white and red tents passed And now the black tent stands erect Its shadow looming o'er, the city stands defiant Catapults and ballistae Stand proud atop the thousand towers Beckoning the waiting hordes To assault their fortress walls To assault their fortress walls Is suicide - and Genghis knows The land is scorched, and supplies stopped The fortress withers on its own... ...On its own Outside the walls they thrive Inside they eat the dead to survive Disease stalks dilapidated streets As desperate leaders deny defeat ...Deny defeat... ...Deny defeat! Delicate white figures adorn the walls and join hands And drop like petals in the autumn breeze And crimson splashes end the falls A broken city, now bereft of its young girls Despair and sadness Too much to bear A tribute of gargantuan value Is paid, the siege is lifted And the Son of Heaven pledges fealty To Genghis Khan After four long years The Mongol hordes recede Laden with the spoils-of-war From their victory Desecrated utterly In a state of despondency The Son of Heaven defies the Khan Deserts his post and runs away... ...He runs away Genghis seethes at hearing that The young Emperor has fled South Prescribes annihilation To the few still left alive And for a full cycle of the moon The city burns And for a full cycle of the moon The fires rage And for a full cycle of the moon The blaze sears And for a full cycle of the moon The embers rise And for a full cycle of the moon The inferno consumes The inferno consumes The inferno consumes The inferno consumes The inferno consumes The inferno consumes The inferno consumes The inferno consumes The inferno consumes The inferno consumes The inferno consumes!
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