Steelheart Breakdown

Just a shattered reflection

Of what I once was I wore my name

like iron

Then watched it rust I once made empires falter

With a glance,

with a grin

Now I hear my own

footsteps

Like a ghost in the wind

I once had it all

But the gold turned to dust

I reached for a hand And found only frost The crowd knew

my thunder The rain knew my fall

I stood in the smoke Still pretending I was tall

I once was a Lord of Destruction

(Lord of Destruction) I left ruin in my wake

I once was a Lord of Destruction

(Lord of Destruction) Now I pay for what I make

I once had it all

But I never knew love Only coldness and bitterness

Under the sky above

I counted my victories Like bones in a chain

Every door I kicked in Left a name with a stain

I fed on the silence

I wore out the night

But the more that I conquered

The less I felt right

I once had it all But it slipped through my hands

I built a damn kingdom On unsteady land

Now the walls are speaking Now the mirrors know

Every crown I ever held Was a wound in a row

If I could go back To the man before the flame I’d

trade every title For one tender name But the ash still clings

And the debt runs deep

So I kneel in the wreckage And I learn to weep

I once was a Lord of Destruction

(Lord of Destruction) I left ruin in my wake

I once was a Lord of Destruction

(Lord of Destruction) Now I pay for what I make I once

had it all But I never knew love

Only coldness and bitterness Under the sky above

Just a shattered reflection

Of what I once was