Lights fade, all is shade

Zombies stalk the promenade

This is promise of eternity

Piles of dead, impaled head

Steaming peat is wretched red

They say history is written in such ways

Trust in rust, dirt and dust

Worms awaiting all of us

At least that's what I heard

Crows soar, lions roar

Chaos rules forevermore

The human race is the only x factor

The decay of grandeur

From riches to rot

The decay of grandeur say

To have and then have not

Kings crouch, the throne is doomed

Assassins reach the inner room

The jester has become the interloper

The queen is struck, then runs amuck

Her carriage wallows in the muck

The cemetery was moved indoors

The decay of grandeur

From riches to rot

The decay of grandeur say

To have and then have not

Some say we have lost our reason

Some say we have lost our minds

Spinning in the blackest wisdom

Coveting the darkest wine

I say have your host amongst us

And there you tarry for a time

All your virtue shall desert you

Decaying grandeur, box of pine

First the sound, and then the smell

Sonorous the eldritch bell

Send you to the seven hells in time

The decay of grandeur

From riches to rot

The decay of grandeur say

To have and then have not

In time, in time, in time, in time... decay