Empire Lyrics
Empire - Dar Williams
Who's afraid of the sun
Who'd question
the goodness of the mighty
We who banish the threat
When your little ones
all go nighty nighty
Well
there's no time for doubt right now
And less time to explain
So get back on your horses
Kiss my ring
join our next campaign
And the empire grows with the news
that we're winning
With more fear to conquer
And more gold thread for spinning
Bright as the sun
shining on everyone
Some would say that
we forced our words
And we find that
ingenuously churlish
Words are just words
Don't be so pessimistic
weak and girlish
We like strong
happy people
Who don't think
there's something wrong with pride
Work makes them free
And we spread that
freedom far and wide
And the empire grows
The seeds of it's glory
For every five tanks
Plant a sentimental story
Till they worship the sun
Even Christ loving ones
And we'll kill the terror who rises
And a million of their races
But when our people torture you
That's a few random cases
Don't question the sun
It doesn't help anyone
But the journalist cried out
When it was too late to stop us
Everyone had awakened
To the dream
they could enter our colossus
And now I'm right
Here you said I'm right
There's nothing that can harm me
Cause the sun never sets
On my dungeons or my army
And the empire fell
On it's own splintered axis
And the emperor wanes
As the silver moon waxes
And the farmers will find our coins
In their strawberry fields
While somebody somewhere
Twists his ring as someone kneels
Oh where is the sun
shining for everyone
Oh where is the sun
shining for everyone