Four Years of Peace and Flame

[Intro] [Verse 1] Beneath the sun, the kingdom gleamed, A golden crown, a righteous dream. The king’s decree was kind and wise, No shadow crossed the people’s skies. [Verse 2] But whispers hummed through mountain veins, A sleeping wrath in molten chains. The earth would shake, the skies would bleed, When four years passed, the dark would feed. [Chorus] Oh, four years of peace, four years of pain, The volcano roars, and hell reclaims. A hundred souls to sate its fire, The kingdom’s joy becomes its pyre. [Verse 3] The king knelt low with tear-stained hands, His people marched to blackened sands. The demons rose with jagged teeth, Their feast of sorrow, no reprieve. [Bridge] “Why must we bear this endless night? Our hearts are gold, yet fear takes flight.” But ash and smoke would c***e their cries, As flames devoured their lullabies. [Chorus] Oh, four years of peace, four years of pain, The volcano roars, and hell reclaims. A hundred souls to sate its fire, The kingdom’s joy becomes its pyre. [Outro] [Verse 4] Now hollow thrones and empty streets, The land where joy and death compete. The cycle spins, no hand to save, A kingdom crowned—a kingdom’s grave. [Outro]