Like a city overthrown, we're turning buildings into stone We leave the bodies to the crows on a funeral pyre Now we're choking on the fumes, spread the lie and kill the truth There in the ashes of the brood, we watch the flames rise higher Our empire is on fire Our empire is on fire Our empire is on fire Now we're falling through the ice, we made our bed and rolled the dice Well every gamble has a price, we watch the cracks grow wider Wave is coming past your knees, it's just the coming of the seas It's getting harder now to breathe, we watch the tides rise higher Our empire is on fire Our empire is on fire I said I know, you know we feel it in our bones I said I know, you know we feel it in our bones Oh, oh, oh Our empire is on fire Our empire is on fire Our empire is on fire