Last Night Of An Empire

One down, two to go They multiply on impact for the show But we didn't switch off So freedom took a long sad bow for us Dropped and hung behind the curtain Red as the operating rooms worsen Sense a wrong, doom scroll on to less important ills Why aren't we running for the hills? Or hunting for the kill Dance like you're on fire Oh, go crazy on yourself Your Last Rites sung by the choir You can't control this anyway Dance like you're on fire Oh, you might as well The last night of an empire In the light of no truths And as sure as sea levels are rising In the spin of breaking news You dropped your confidence in happiness And your innocence This data indignity that hoodwinked you for a great awakening Meanwhile, everything you ever cared about Got hot swapped out for someone else's twisted dream We should be running for the hills 'Cause no one's got the will anymore I haven't got the will Click, buy, ugh Dance like you're on fire Oh, go crazy on yourself Your Last Rites sung by the choir You can't control this anyway Dance like you're on fire Oh, you might as well It's the last night of an empire So it's come to this We're in biz Of systemic hysterics Normalising disbelief Temper, temper Hate thy neighbour That is unless you agree So it's come to this We're in biz Of systemic hysterics Normalising disbelief Temper, temper Hate thy neighbour That is unless you agree Slam, pow, bam, whack Kaboom, kapow, bam, crack what the Slam, pow, bam, whack Kaboom, kapow, bam, crack what the Dance like you're on fire Oh, go crazy on yourself Your Last Rites sung by the choir You can't control this anyway Dance like you're not a liar Oh, you might as well It's the last night of an empire Just go and switch another episode on Turn the world off while you twiddle your thumbs A population toughs it out until dawn Don't miss your putting buddies down on the lawn Just go and switch another episode on Turn the world off while you twiddle your thumbs A population toughs it out until dawn Don't let the serious stuff distract you from Your madness, your illness Somebody get this guy a doctor, a doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor We should be running for the hills, ah Or hunting for the kill, ah Why aren't we running for the hills, ah Or hunting for the kill