[Verse 1]
I am the king of the great islands of grey
Windswept and scarred, bent and confused
My castle's my ruin, the moldering grave
Where the memory fades along
With the mourning cry of the mother

[Chorus]
I'm the king, the ruler of these grey islands
I'm the emperor of the void
I am Grey, the weakened ruler of these islands
I'm the emperor of the void

[Verse 2]
Who counts the wounds?
Who sees the hunger, the flight of denial?
The fibers, the nerve
That rapture and burst from artery to cell
Continuously repeating the hymn of life and death
The holy whore desecrated in desperation

[Chorus]
I'm the king, the ruler of these grey islands
I'm the emperor of the void
I am Grey, the weakened ruler of these islands
I'm the emperor of the void
[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
Emperor of the void
Emperor of the void

[Verse 3]
I stand before destruction, touching the stone of my realm
So dignified, unmerciful without empathy
You saw my birth, an ornament in your grain
You see my death, terrible and divine

[Chorus]
I'm the king, the ruler of these grey islands
I'm the emperor of the void
I am Grey, the weakened ruler of these islands
I'm the emperor of the void