Empire

Here I am with my empire

I'll bring you to your knees

Ebb and flow with my desire

'Cause it's all that you've been taught to be

Yeah, I'm the bastard son of what's been overcome

And again we plant the seed

So place your fork to mouth, eat, consume, be proud

Of what I let you see

'Cause we've made quite sure

You can never leave

Here I am with my empire

I'll bring you to your knees

Ebb and flow with my desire

'Cause it's all that you've been taught to be

I speak, you throw parades

Ignore the sense of rage

Welling up inside

Pay no mind to what we do

'Cause we'll sell it all to you in modern luxuries

And we've made quite sure

You believe you're free

Here I am with my empire

I'll bring you to your knees

Ebb and flow with my desire

'Cause it's all that you've been taught to be

From the cradle to the grave

We try not to be saved from what we own

For next to nothing spent

Turn your dollars into cents

Fighting for the right to die alone

Just believe

Believe you're free ('Cause you're on your own)

It doesn't matter

Just be sure

That this is our empire

This is war

Forgotten heroes

Chessboard roles

To make you think you're something more

But you're on your own

Here I am with my empire

I'll bring you to your knees

Ebb and flow with my desire

'Cause it's all that you've been taught to be