Intro

Verse

He caught a train from Alexandria

Just a broken man in flight

Running scared with all his devils

Saying prayers all through the night

But mercy can’t find him

Not in the shadows where he calls

Forsaking all his better angels

That’s how every empire falls

Instrumental

 C 

Verse

The bells ring out on Sunday morning

Like echoes from another time

All our innocence and yearning

And sense of wonder left behind

Oh, gentle hearts remember

What was that story his they lost

When religion loses vision

That’s how every empire falls

Instrumental

Verse

He toasts his wife and all his family

The providence he brought to bear

They raise their glasses in his honor

Although this union made ’em share

Of a man that lives among them

But still a stranger to them all

For when a heart is never open

That’s how every empire falls

Instrumental

Verse

Lock the door and board the windows

Put the people in the street

It just my job he says I’m sorry

And draws the jackels home to eat

But at night he tell his woman

I know I hide behind the laws

She says you are only taking orders

That’s how every empire falls

Instrumental

Verse

A bitter wind blows through the country

A hard rain falls on the sea

If terror comes without a warning

There must be something we don’t see

Well, fire begets this fire

Like torches thrown into the straw

If no one ask and no one answers

That’s how every empire falls

Outro