Empire - BoySetsFire

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