"Deathbed Lamentations" lyrics

What now that all is said and done, King of Kings?
Look out upon your works and despair

Our paradise amongst the stars has become a tomb
Sad then, not a single ear to heed the toll of that grim bell

All empty, silent, unadorned halls witness to this pyre
Yet there are oceans of blood to feed your rolling fields of Asphodel

Perhaps a warhead cracks a joke at this funeral
After all you share a special bond
With a clearing of the throat and a grin it sneers
"Stop me if you've heard this one"
"Skyking, Skyking! Don't respond!"

What now that all is said and done, King of Kings?
Does the weight of loss measure up to its worth?

Into the dark, howl your melancholy question
And tell me, which do you dread more:
The echo or the answer?

All empty, silent, unadorned halls witness to this pyre
Yet there are oceans of blood to feed your rolling fields of Asphodel

Our paradise amongst the stars has become a tomb (A necropolis)
Sad then, not a single ear to heed the toll of that grim bell

King of Kings deserves his eulogy delivered proper
It's in the book that describes the shackles for your wife and your daughter
The book that tells you which lambs deserve to be led to slaughter
It doesn't matter which you choose, they all have the same author

What now that all is said and done, King of Kings?
Look out upon your works and despair

Now wail into the dark
"Was it His will or mine?
Who's body host to this all-consuming cancer?"
And tell me, King of Kings, which is it you dread more
Here at the end of time

(The echo or the answer?
The echo or the answer?
The echo or the answer?
The echo or the answer?)