Fall of the Empire - Accept

Can you remember how it used to be

We were so proud and free, so free

Strong and mighty powerful and true

Can you remember

Now all around us pestilence and greed

Famine, hate and war

It surrounds us like a black disease

Just take a look around us

In spite of every upright intention

We live and die by the sword

It’s second nature, and so the question is

Can we learn or will we burn

The fall of the empire… What have we done

The fall of the empire… It’s the dawn of the setting sun

The fall of the empire… can this race be won

It’s the fall of the empire… or has the end begun

Will the mountains crumble to the ground

Will the earth stand still

Will we rise a mushroom cloud

Will the mountains crumble

Can we heed a lesson from the past

And put aside our hate

Or will we blow ourselves to kingdom come

Tell me is it too late

Inside of every aronination

There is hope that lies within

It’s second nature, and the question is

Can we learn or will we burn

The fall of the empire… What have we done

The fall of the empire… It’s the dawn of the setting sun

The fall of the empire… can this race be won

It’s the fall of the empire… or has the end begun