[Verse 1] Ash in the palace throat Smoke on the lion seal Torches bite the tapestry Kings kneel into steel Black salt on the altar stone Horns in the courtyard air Blood runs under broken gates No mercy left to spare [Pre-Chorus] Hear the old names crack Hear the towers lean The vow turns to dust In a furnace unseen [Chorus] Burning of Persia, the devil took hold Evil inertia, the faithless they fold Burning of Persia, the devil took hold Evil inertia, the faithless they fold [Verse 2] Priests with split-red hands Drag relics through the mire Dogs feast on the banner edge And spit out the fire Wolves in the wine-dark vault Gnaw at the oath-worn bone Every prayer comes back as rot Every crown, a stone [Pre-Chorus] Hear the old names crack Hear the towers lean The vow turns to dust In a furnace unseen [Chorus] Burning of Persia, the devil took hold Evil inertia, the faithless they fold Burning of Persia, the devil took hold Evil inertia, the faithless they fold [Bridge] I watched the moon go blind Over cinders and ruin I heard the desert sing With a thousand mouths chewing Now the serpent in the ash Has a kingdom to own And the last torch dies In a hall of bone [Solo Break] [Final Chorus] Burning of Persia, the devil took hold Evil inertia, the faithless they fold Burning of Persia, the devil took hold Evil inertia, the faithless they fold