The First Emperor

(Hail,Hail,Hail,Hail,Hail,Hail)
(Hail,Hail,Hail,Hail,Hail,Hail)
(Hail)

Legions once roamed
Through Gallic lands
They came with bloody steel
In bitter hand
For glory and gold
They fought for the one
General of Rome
The Julian son

Veni Vidi Vici
A milion lives
Have passed away

In triumph he came back
Crowned by laurel
In hands the scepter
With the golden eagle
Like Jupiter the king
With red painted face
A slave held the oak leaf crown
Reminded him of his place

Memento Mori
Be aware
Of your mortality

See what you've become
A dictator
Hail Caesar
Hail
See what you've become
First emperor
Hail Caesar
Hail

In his hybris
He craved for the throne
Mocked the republic
And waged war against Rome
The thirteenth legion stood
Five thousand men strong
They followed him to cross
The Rubicon

Alea Iacta Est
To conquer
The eagle's nest

See what you've become
A dictator
Hail Caesar
Hail
See what you've become
First emperor
Hail Caesar
Hail

On the ides of March
They waited for him
On the senate steps
There was no salvation
All warnings were in vain
Blades flashed all around
Brutus brought it to an end
With cold steel and hot blood

Cave Idus Martias
The just end
Of a tyrant

See what you've become
A dictator
Hail Caesar
Hail
See what you've become
First emperor
Hail Caesar
Hail
See what you've become
A dictator
Hail Caesar
Hail
See what you've become
First emperor
Hail Caesar
Hail

"After Caesar's death
His murderers were
Hunted down and killed
However
A war for power broke out in Rome
Between his general Marcus Antonius
And is adoptive son Octavius
The victor crowned himself emperor
And the dream of the republic
Was buried"