Once I hadan empirein a golden age I was heldup so highI used to be great They used to cheerwhen they saw my face Now I fearI have fallen from grace And I feel like my castle's 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 wasthe great hopefor a dynasty Crowds would hangon my words and they trusted me Their faith was strong but I pushed it too far I held that grudge 'til it tore me apart Power wentto my headand I couldn't stop Ones I lovedtried to help so I ran them off And here I sit alone behind walls of regret Falling down like promises that I never kept And I feel like my castle's 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 *4 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 My castle's 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 My castle's crumbling down You don't wanna know me now *6