[Verse 1] 
Em Sixteen years
GDEm Sixteen banners united over the field
CD Where the good shepherd grieves
EmGD Desperate men, desperate women divided
EmCD Spreading their wings 'neath falling leaves
 [Verse 2] 
Em Fortune calls
GDEm I stepped forth from the shadows to the marketplace
CDEm Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down
GDEm She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born
CDG On midsummer's eve near the tower
 [Verse 3] 
Em The cold-blooded moon
GD The captain waits above the celebration
EmCD Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
EmGD Whose ebony face is beyond communication
EmCDG The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid
 [Bridge] 
Em
 [Verse 4] 
Em They shaved her head
GD She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo
EmCD A messenger arrived with a black nightingale
EmGD I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow
EmCDG Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil
 [Verse 5] 
Em I stumbled to my feet
GD I rode past destruction in the ditches
EmCD With the stitches still mending beneath a heart-shaped tattoo
EmGD Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
EmCD Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you
 [Verse 6] 
Em The palace of mirrors
GD Where dog soldiers are reflected
EmCD The endless road and the wailing of chimes
EmGD The empty rooms where her memory is protected
EmCDG Where the angel's voices whisper to the souls of previous times
 [Verse 7] 
Em She wakes him up
GD Forty-eight hours later the sun is breaking
EmCD Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks
EmGD She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking
EmCDG He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks
 [Bridge] 
Em
 [Verse 8] 
Em Gentlemen, he said
GD I don't need your organization,
EmCD I've shined your shoes, I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
EmGD But Eden is burning either brace yourself for elimination
EmCDG Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards
 [Verse 9] 
Em Peace will come
GDEm With tranquillity and splendor on the wheels of fire
CDEm But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall
GD And cruel death surrenders with its
EmCDG Pale ghost retreating,Between the King and the Queen of Swords
 [Outro] 
GDC Fade Out