Empire

Lyrics

The reflection in the mirror's never been clearer Pretend I care, act so aware Contradiction and fiction, the empire I live in Built by oppressed, proclaimed as blessed You see the price of our dream was killing, raping and screaming But I came to terms because I don't have to see it And still there are fools who just refuse to believe that There's blood on your hands, on my hands Are we damnеd? I am part of sickness, unmistaken Given paradisе, wanted more for the taking Am I guilty as the ones I blame? Are we all the fucking same? Introspection and fear of my faults still adhered to Yet play the saint, virtue unstained How I care for, deliver my brothers and sisters Altars remain, in Mammon's name A wish, a dream, we'd do anything Slaughter the innocent, tune out their screams To achieve the means to spread our disease Surrounded by suffering, living like kings Empire Pick through the bones of the dead Craft the gold teeth to a crown on our head And spit out the bile Pick through the bones Kings of a fucking ant pile I am part of sickness, unmistaken Given paradise, wanted more for the taking Am I guilty as the ones I blame? Are we all the fucking same? Want to give instead of taking Want to sacrifice for a better world waiting Absolution, hand in hand with change We are not the fucking same