Empire Falls

There's no time To even speak Read the letters Scroll until you blink Watch the empire fall on tv Talk to a stranger A stranger you should meet Wait until you feel Wait until you're beat Wait until next week The empire falls As we sleep Sleep, sleep, sleep... You're taking us down, alarms never sound (Won't wither away for you) You give, you take (Won't give what gets only for you) You say « this is life » and throw it away (Won't get what's only for you) You give an inch, you take it back (Won't wither away for you) Found lies in your Doublespeak You're not one of us Even when you cheat What is trust? If not to believe You do it for yourself On the backs of the weak Weak, weak, weak... Reality revealed itself Indecipherable and obscure as the world of dreams And it revealed itself The illusion that the glass had been broken, ephemeral Dejected and disheartened, many soon retreated Back into a bitter starvation and profound silence Many pulled away and isolated themselves In their dream worlds The empire falls