Beware the Ides of March

V8
Gary Robinson
04:18
2026-03-16 15:05
dark americana, dark, guitar, slow, male
3
[Intro]
0:00
Verse 1
0:09
Two thousand years of echoes in the stones of Ancient Rome
0:09
Where senators whispered in the shadows of the throne
0:15
A republic built on promise, but the fault lines ran deep
0:21
While the crowds filled the forums and the legions didn’t sleep
0:27
In the center stood a general that the whole world knew by name
0:32
Julius Caesar, hero, tyrant—depending on the claim
0:38
And the men who swore to save the state beneath the marble arch
0:44
Left their warning carved in history on the Assassination of Julius Caesar
0:50
Chorus
0:56
Beware the Ides of March
0:56
Not the dagger in the dark
0:59
But the silence of a nation
1:01
Tearing slowly at its heart
1:04
Empires don’t die shouting
1:08
They fade in quiet parts
1:11
Not by the hands of strangers
1:13
But by their own divided hearts
1:16
Verse 2
1:25
Turn the channel, read the headlines in the land of red and blue
1:25
Arguments in every street about what's false and what is true
1:31
Soldiers watching borders, markets trembling every week
1:37
Leaders shouting louder while the people grow more weak
1:43
From the marble halls of power to the factories gone cold
1:49
Every promise sounds familiar—every warning sounds old
1:55
And the ghost of Rome is laughing in the shadows of the arch
2:01
Still whispering that ancient line—beware the Ides of March
2:07
Chorus
2:13
Beware the Ides of March
2:13
Not the dagger in the dark
2:16
But the silence of a nation
2:18
Tearing slowly at its heart
2:21
Empires stretch too far sometimes
2:25
Till the center falls apart
2:27
History keeps repeating
2:31
When we forget where we start
2:33
Verse 3
2:42
Rome thought it was forever when its banners ruled the land
2:42
Roads across the continents built by an iron hand
2:48
But republics crack like glass when the trust begins to fade
2:54
When the fear becomes the currency and freedom gets delayed
3:00
Then the bargain comes in whispers dressed in order and in law
3:06
Safety for your loyalty, protection for your awe
3:12
And the crowd begins to murmur like a hymn learned by heart
3:18
“Welcome now to comfort—just don’t wander too far.”
3:23
Bridge
3:29
Welcome to tyranny—
3:29
Your new best friend tonight
3:31
Benefits for the faithful
3:33
Stay within the lines we write
3:36
Trade a little freedom
3:39
For a promise we can chart
3:40
And no one hears the quiet sound
3:41
Of a republic falling apart
3:44
Final Chorus
3:47
Beware the Ides of March
3:49
Not the dagger in the dark
3:52
But the silence of a nation
3:54
Tearing slowly at its heart
3:56
Empires never notice
4:00
When the end begins to start
4:03
History just whispers—
4:06
“Look how Rome fell apart.”
4:08
Beware the Ides of March…
4:12