Thus Always to Tyrants

Standing on a hill, gazing down at your empire So many friends lost in the shadows Women and children who died for their vanity and Gods He rode the clouds in the sky Crossed the oceans, he arrived The freedom in their eyes Impending doom the time is nigh A hero was their prize Refused to go down under Oh nation of allies Behold the great Alexander a decade of warfare and disharmony only to fall into sorrow Salamis failed, they lost in the game Now they will never be free A century passed, Alexander the Great The legacy of Evagoras Realized his dream, brought victory Removed their Persian chain I won't deny it Dark tears oh they burn inside Only the lying Dark tears oh they burn inside For freedom dying Oh they burn inside Pain is avoided Oh well they burn inside Riddle me this great seer of the north Is it our destiny, fate? To die on this island deserted alone How long til' we're once more in chains? I will rule, we shall never stop trying For our world, we shall never kneel down Better to a Macedon! Oh we shall never stop trying For our world, we shall never kneel down For a king who has fearlessly died here But his dream it was never fulfiled I won't deny it Dark tears oh they burn inside Only the lying Dark tears oh they burn inside For freedom dying Kingdoms united

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

And I will be here for a thousand years For freedom for my kingdom, time it draws anear And for my sorrows and all the tears For the reigning passion through those years For the reigning passion Desecrator of the bloodline Double-crossing the royal Teucrids I'll end you, terminate you Inside the royal city walls Now under the bleeding sun A dawning new age has began I know I'm your destiny child Everyone stand by my side Now under the bleeding sun A dawning new age has began I know I'm the destiny child I will never forget my dream til I die And I will be here for a thousand years For charming Salamis I'll make them disappear Oh gather warriors with swords and spears For a reigning passion through those years This I promise, I will set you free Oh we shall never stop trying For our world, we shall never kneel down For a king who has fearlessly died here But his dream it was never fulfiled I won't deny it Dark tears oh they burn inside Only the lying Dark tears oh they burn inside For freedom dying Kingdoms united

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

A strange illusion A vacant throne A warrior standing there all alone For all his dreams for what he was born To rule the kingdom of the lost Bearing the Aegis of lives and illusions of men For a King they call their friend The walls of Salamis I've built for you The enemy was fierce and I knew I am your guidance And by my side Our powerful Gods are standing Gods are standing Bearing the Aegis of lives and illusions of men For a King they call their friend Now for the Aegis of lives and illusions I'll stand Forever by your side Oh they who once were the enemy Now they will fight by my side The Achaemaenids with Pharnabazus Sailing warships and facing the Spartans The Achaemaenids stand with Conon Fighting against their worthy opponent The Spartans who came from the mountains And over the mountains, over the hills and all alone The mountains, the mountains, the forests They'll terminate them, dominate, dominate They came from the mountains (The Taygetos mountains)

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

I am forging you iron tears The only ones who shed iron tears Paint the waters with their fear Paint it red, their time is near Oh rivers, oceans send good omens for our sons Oh I'll never surrender, a strike to their heart Then we'll be free Turned against our brothers in blood We sided with evil for our cause The ones who stood at the gates of fire Have become the enemy Oh I'll never surrender, a strike to their heart For the kingdom of Salamis We shall end their sons Adolescent so young Triremes over the sun My gift for everything I've done We shall end their sons Adolescent so young Paint your faces with blood My gift for you Hiding in the moonlight Where the shadows disappear Striking poor Peisander by the sea Conon! Stands triumphant As he gazes at the moon As I wait for the morning sun to arise! Oh I'll never surrender, a strike to their heart And by the Gods you will know our name

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025

He's the lord of your empire! From eastern shores he rose to be a ruler And he wears the crown For the men that he trusted few were Sometimes a threat sometimes an enemy in war He wears the crown Defiler of the ancient Hellenes Now he breathes like a lion on your neck Don't try to run, better have him as a friend He will desecrate your Gods he'll burn you in eternal flames In no man's land He bears the crown of wisdom He wears the frown of wisdom He bears the crown of wisdom He is the lightsome seism He is the life of seasons Slowly to light-I am the one Artaxerxes-Lord of the empire Brought the Antalcide-Antalcidean peace Fought like a King, brought his brother to his knees Trickster trickster what have you done? Flames in no man's land

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

Crossing over to the land of those who feast like leeches on our land and Taking the power back On board set sails and disappear, we make them disappear Crossing over I see the coast of bloody Tyre when you're fighting in the shadows like a shadow thieve Our army growing strong We have become what the Persians fear, too solid to control A coming war? I want blood, blood, blood I said Blood on the walls Blood on their horizon and then blood and then some more Blood, blood, blood I see Blood on their seas I see the blood come feel your clout of pain When I see the blood on their mosaics I see the blood on their mosaics Crossing over to Phoenicia

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

The Salaminians have become way too strong He joined the kingdoms Sometimes in fear, sometimes by the sword Three stood before him Siding with the enemy In Salamis, In Salamis I believe that the sun in the sky will be beautiful as ever I believe on the day that I die it will shine forever Take your freedom forever it's yours It's now or never Reborn again For an island that no longer feeds satraps and usurpers Travelling to the north in Tyre our destiny for us Echoes of all the distant wars are feeding our voices But it's the end In Salamis For a land that has known more pain than all in the universe Condemned to live with the chains of Persian order Say my name, dominate the land, the noble Evagoras Reborn again For an island that no longer feeds satraps and usurpers Travelling to the north in Tyre our destiny for us Echoes of all the distant wars are feeding our voices But it's the end

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

By the sword of the serpent We lost the war As it crumbles on the ground before me By the sword of the serpent Watch it all Devoured then all is gone Like fire from a hundred flames Their Gods they came from the sky above The Achaemenids Our future is uncertain Their messengers the omen saw Their reign will come from a distant horizon Wreaking havoc for all Ahriman, he speaks in ancient tongue and whispers Welcome to hell He rose the waves to drown our ships in Blood and pain Another battle will define us And by the Gods we'll fight to the end In Kition, they speak in ancient tongue before me Strong we opposed Like lions fought denied oppression Egypt called, a beam of hope was born inside was Still by the Antalcidean it died Like fire from a hundred flames Their Gods they came from the sky above The Achaemenids Our future is uncertain

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 26, 2025

And all the swords in the fire Stand united for me Oh (I saw what I saw) I saw my own funeral today A man a slave To end it all in dreams he came I saw the men, the children and my Wife they cried in vain I will never ever leave these walls again The swords in the fire Stand united for me When you're guest of honour at your own death Becoming free And all the swords in the fire Stand united for me And fight! Disgrace (oh what a disgrace) A king to be gone and die this way A disgraceful death From a betrayer of our ways Our dream of freedom from slavery It faded all away Sycophant within these Walls these walls again From the royal Teucrids Highbred Evagoras He's of royal ancestry

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

I am the river that flows outside these walls Passing through the fields I draw with me the hopes and the dreams They're drowning in streams They spill into the sea Desire to be free Has died within Lost river Once our solemn hour Are we meant to die in chains? Lost river In the midst of hopelessness I will be divine Lost river Numb the pain and sorrow Lost river I feel you flow Lost river Now the rain will follow Evermore relieve thee hearts Lost river

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

Let me tell you a story of a war Taking place so far away from home On the coast of Troy it all begins As we're sailing through the waves of endless sea Overthrown and driven away from home They bore a son, the greatest of them all He stood like a giant on a hill The undefeated fought like a King Never to return again, he rode out to the sea For glory, victory To Troy he set sail faithfully He wears the armor of the Gods Now your dreams realized in a molting anise, a God He wears the armor of a dream In a reign so far supreme It's the army of the Myrmidons They fight together in unity, loyalty Oh soldiers come the father of Gods' with me' On their knees they'll pray to their Gods For mercy from me, for life I shall give I will be spoken of through whirlwinds in time Oh Gods will remember my name through the ages Engraved on the stars in the sky All my hate is my scars He wears the armor, the armor of the Gods Now your dreams realized in a molting anise, another God He wears the armor of a dream In a reign so far supreme It's the army of the Myrmidons the Myrmidons Oh Thus always to Tyrants!

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

"Due to a treaty between Athens and Persia, Evagoras is denied the help of Athens to the war. Evagoras seeks the aid of the Egyptians who also fight against Persia" The stone has been cast So, if you deny Your children and breed I will destroy The choice is yours Your side has fallen Even the ones who stood by your side They left you here to die Everyone you ever loved Athens the city of Gods is lost and forlorn Speak your words Everyone hails my bravest of warriors they fought to the battle of Cnidus where they shed their blood and devoured opposition they fought in the battle of Cnidus they startled the enemies, stood by your side cause they fought in the battle of Cnidus defied the fear yeah they laughed at its face cause they fought in the battle of Cnidus Over and over I cried for their souls Their fate was concealed and unknown For what is worth they fought in the battle of Cnidus From a king to a king For they fought in battle of Cnidus From a king to a king For a war (Thus you remain King of Salamis, your honour is your pride) Your honour is your pride The fate of your people depended on swallowing your pride Remembered I call upon Gods or the Titans above Defend all your daughters and sons For what is worth they fought in the battle of Cnidus Every time that your race and your tribe you deny Their treacherous souls I will ravage and I will destroy Oh I could never deny you I'm abound to destroy you Even the strongest of heroes will bow to the snake Another redeemer will come for your souls in the end Oh I would never deny you I'm abound to destroy you

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

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