Bliss only lasts so long.

The treasury has never been fuller.
Things have never been better.
LIE! Like a queen, lies drip off her every word.
Dressed in silk as her people starve,
raising obelisks in an attempt to reach the stars.

Mirror, mirror, on the wall:
who is destined [bad word] them all?
Well, your highness, consult my crystal ball.
With a smirk he whispered, "beware the fall".

Dissidents hide in the shadows, raising ghosts sacrificed
to the gallows. Your future is dim.
In the shadows, hide the spies.
From the gallows, I hear their cries.

Lie your crown on the floor, announce your surrender.
Sharpen the blade, whispered in the hall.
The world remains prisoner of war.