fall of the empire

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