once i had an empire in a golden age i was held up so high i used to be great they used to cheer when they saw my face now i fear i have fallen from grace and i feel like my castles crumbling down and i watch all my bridges burn to the ground and you don't want to know me i will just let you down you don't wanna know me now once i was the great hope for a dynasty crowds would hang on my words and they trusted me their faith was strong and i pushed it too far i held that grudge till it tore me apart power went to my head and i couldn't stop ones i loved tried to help so i ran them off and here i sit alone behind walls of regret falling down like promises that i never kept my foes and friends watch my reign end i don't know how it could've ended this way smoke billows from my ships in the harbor people look at me like i'm a monster now they're screaming at the palace front gates used to chant my name now they're screaming that they hate me never wanted you to hate me