I don't just kill, I leave a sign
Stack your bones in perfect lines
Let the distance do my work
Let the rumor strike first
I don't chase you when you run
I want witnesses, not none
Every body has a role–
Some to die, some to go home

They say my name before I arrive
That's how I keep my empire alive
I don't need armies everywhere–
I let the fear do its share

I build my cities out of fear
Brick by brick, year by year
You don't fight what you already lost
You don't count the human cost
I don't rule with love or law
I rule with what you saw
If the message's clear enough
I don't have to touch a thing

Mercy's just a wasted threat
If they think they might forget
So I make the lesson loud
Carve it deep, carve it proud
They'll tell their sons, their sons will tell
How silence kept them safe from hell
I don't haunt you in your dreams–
I haunt you while you're awake

I don't want your land alone
I want the way your courage broke
Victory isn't when you fall–
It's when you never stand at all

I build my cities out of fear
Brick by brick, year by year
You don't fight what you already lost
You don't count the human cost
I don't rule with love or law
I rule with what you saw
If the message's clear enough
I don't have to touch a thing

This isn't chaos
This is design
You call it cruelty–
I call it clarity

I build my cities out of fear
Every scream a souvenir
If you kneel before I arrive
I'll let you keep your life
I don't need to burn it all
Just enough to make you stall
Remember me when nothing moves–
That's when you know I won

Fear travels faster
Than any army