Gentler Empire

I'm workin' on a kinder, gentler empire. I'm cataloging fears i must disarm. I'm planning for our next, less noxious, trash fire I'm drawing up a safer, smarter bomb. I'm sorry, my soup is boiling over, i'll have to call you back! Is this the best we can do? Signin deals with the devil, just trustin that he'll come through? Is this the most we can hope? To build a luxury bunker while the world goes down in smoke? When summer comes i always flip my pillow But the colder side is getting hard to find More frightening than the nightwalkers of fresno These nightmares slouching cross our countrysides I'm gonna have to call you later, i'm having a heart attack! I'm in love but - i'm in love, but the world could burn! I'm in love but - i'm in love, but the world could burn! So i'm workin on a gentler empire I'm workin on a gentler empire No more workin in a coal mine, cause we're already goin down I'm workin on a gentler empire I'm workin on a gentler empire Tryin' to build a little hope while we wait for that devil to choke I'm workin on a gentler empire I'm workin on a gentler empire I'm workin I'm workin on a gentler empire