Magus Aigus - Imperium Secundus

Lyrics: [INTRO] No signal reaches Terra’s throne No light returns, no voice, no tone Only silence drifts through Ultramar Like dying stars that fall too far [VERSE I] Astropaths screamed until they died Seeking Terra in the void outside But the warp returned no reply Only echoes passing by Five hundred worlds in cold review Administratum forged the truth anew Tithes were changed, borders bent Hope reduced to government intent On Macragge beneath marble cold A hidden empire slowly told No banners raised, no war declared Just silent fear everywhere [TRANSITION] Not born of pride or burning will But of fear that would not still Not crowned in glory, light, or flame But absence whispering a name [CHORUS] IMPERIUM SECUNDUS A throne beneath a dying sun IMPERIUM SECUNDUS Where all began and none have won IMPERIUM SECUNDUS Three shadows holding fractured land IMPERIUM SECUNDUS Ashes falling through their hand [VERSE II] Guilliman counts the broken stars Like prayers engraved on fading scars Order built from shattered law Holding back what none foresaw The Lion walks through silent halls Where truth decays and memory falls A blade that never speaks its name Yet cuts the world the same Sanguinius sees beyond the veil A future written pale and frail Even light begins to break Even angels start to ache [INTERLUDE] This record must not be revealed Buried deep, forever sealed Ten thousand years will lock the page A fracture hidden from the age [CHORUS] IMPERIUM SECUNDUS Not treason born from human pride IMPERIUM SECUNDUS But fear of what the void denied IMPERIUM SECUNDUS A salvation carved in ash and stone IMPERIUM SECUNDUS A throne that never was a throne [BREAKDOWN ] If Terra truly had been lost At what eternal, final cost Who would inherit dying stars And write salvation into scars Who would speak with broken grace And wear the crown no soul could face Who would stand where gods collapse Inside the end of all perhaps [FINAL SECTION] When Ruinstorm finally split the sky And truth returned as something dry No triumph rose, no horns were blown Just silence heavier than stone The empire folded back to fear As if it never had been here Because some truths erase the past And some empires cannot last [OUTRO ] Imperium Secundus fades from name A hidden spark, a buried flame The empire that could never be Still breathes inside Imperial memory