Empire Lyrics

You like surprises - you love to behave -
it's hard to trust you - just keep it quiet - keep it safe
wash the pig blood off your hands - name your god -
and talk about your best friends
you say the big book's a »must have read« -
so drop your guns - and get out of my head
big book memories of a long dead empire -
trying to rise - trying to rise and not to fall
wash yourself in the atoning blood of the lamb -
trying to rise and not to fall

if your god is so great - why do children kill and get killed
all the innocent suffer - for a hundred dollar bill
if your god is so great why - do fanatics spread around
in the name of their god who's so great but not found
looking so pretty - dressed all in white - hell do I know you - I'm sleepless tonight
enjoying the white light - enjoying the guilt - enjoying the recall -
so what's your name again
you try to convince me - you try to be safe -
what a glorious blueprint - of a modern slave

big book memories of a long dead empire -
trying to rise - trying to rise and not to fall
wash yourself in the atoning blood of the lamb -
trying to rise and not to fall
if your god is so great - why do children kill and get killed
all the innocent suffer - for a hundred dollar bill
if your god is so great why - do fanatics spread around
in the name of their god who's so great but not found

it's the lack of evidence - making me a disbeliever
take your gods and bury them - in the mass graves they create
don't leave missunderstood - I love life in any way

we fall like rain - go down the drain
try to be safe - restart again