The Iron Rule Falls

Verse 1

Thirty-six years he held the throne,

Since nineteen eighty-nine alone,

Ayatollah Khamenei, supreme command,

The second leader of that ancient land,

He guided Iran through the storm,

And crushed dissent in every form,

But February twenty-eighth would be

The end of his long history

Chorus

The iron rule falls down today,

At eighty-six he's passed away,

An Israeli strike across the sky,

The world just watches, asking why,

The pages turn, the chapter's done,

A new uncertain road's begun

Verse 2

From Tehran's streets to marble halls,

His portrait hung on every wall,

The Islamic Republic's guiding hand,

His word was law across the land,

The violent suppression of the voice,

Of those who dared to make a choice,

Now silence where his orders rang,

Where once the weight of power sang

Chorus

The iron rule falls down today,

At eighty-six he's passed away,

An Israeli strike across the sky,

The world just watches, asking why,

The pages turn, the chapter's done,

A new uncertain road's begun

Verse 3

What comes now for the Persian state,

What forces rush to fill the weight,

Of decades built on one man's will,

The echoes of his reign there still,

From NPR the obituary reads,

A life of power, prayer, and deeds,

The difficult times he weathered through,

Now leave a void the world must view

Bridge

And somewhere in the desert night,

The stars don't know of wrong or right,

They only see the dust below,

Where empires rise and empires go,

A thirty-six-year iron hand

Releases its grip upon the sand

Chorus

The iron rule falls down today,

At eighty-six he's passed away,

An Israeli strike across the sky,

The world just watches, asking why,

The pages turn, the chapter's done,

A new uncertain road's begun

Inspired by real events. Names, details, and narrative may be fictionalized.