See them heading on to victory and die To rise from the wreckage Where have the prowlers gone they were leaving by night All wasted and savage They took 'em all away from the gutters to the grave All silent and vicious They make 'em feel the painthere was nobody save around Only he with the power of the Cross Empire, the empire's rising By the hand of my mother I still walk and I see Ruins all around me As I hear canon's fire flames are burning higher The empire's rising And then I turn my head, I am almost dead, but no! I'm a child of the ashes I call for the attack there's no turning back and so I trust in the power of the Cross Empire, the empire's rising By the hand of my mother I still walk and I see Ruins all around me As I hear canon's fire flames are burning higher The empire's rising Empire, the empire's rising By the hand of my mother I still walk and I see Ruins all around me As I hear canon's fire flames are burning higher The empire's rising