Empires Fall

from Days by Goodbye Halcyon

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Slept last night in silence, woke to hear the silence break. Morning sun it rises in the bomb's dirty wake. Staring at the world around me, watching as it slowly burns, smoke it rises buildings fall, in the wake of it all.
‘I can't see why this war should end, Empires fall and burn’ she said, ‘burn’ she said.
The world is numbers, the word is fear, why cry out loud when no-one hears? Boxcar races, boxcar falls, but no-one sees it all.
How do we listen, and why do they lie, and why do we let them keep telling us why? It's all a deterrent, it'll never be used, sounds too good to be true.
I want a bigger stick than the next guy, I deserve it 'cause I'm right. Wait, he's got a stick, give me a knife.
‘I can't see why this war should end, Empires fall and burn’ she said, ‘burn’ she said.
This is the end, of simple minds, of simple men, to keep us blind.
This is the end, of simple minds, of simple men, to keep us blind.
This is the end, of simple minds, of simple men, to keep us blind.
This is the end, of simple minds, of simple men, to keep us blind.
‘I can't see why this war should end, Empires fall and burn’ she said, ‘burn’ she said.
‘I can't see why this war should end, Empires fall and burn’ she said, ‘burn’ she said.

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from Days, released March 3, 2013

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