Empire from Entropic Man by Tombstone da Deadman

I wonder if the Romans saw their empire declining
were the ones that said it’s coming ridiculed accused of lying

called malcontents that only specialize in whining
losers who were mad at the citizens that were climbing

is this the way they rationalized a country that’s crumbling
with the flag waving nationalistic chest thumping and

did they throw parades to say that they were number one
instead of fighting the malaise that gave a hint that they were done

were they discussin’ corruption of people and authorities
pulled too thin to really cope with ever growing enemies

Unemployment rampant with a failing infrastructure
see I wonder if these things became the way that they went under

and it’s hard for me to see this shit and just ignore the parallels
while everybody parties hard and motto being what the hell

will others see the trend before it’s too late
or will the realization come with barbarians at the gate

Chorus

Don’t get mad at me cause I’m the one that’s yelling fire
denial is the gasoline that keeps the flames higher

ignore it if you wanna be a slave to your desire
but this is what it looks like at the death of empires

Three hundred million Americans are mostly seen as arrogant
the globe could be on fire and they would scarcely be aware of it

at least that’s the impression the rest of the world is given
but what’s truly nauseating is I can not argue with them

too many caught up in first world problems inside their first world bubble
their comfort level blinds their minds to the trouble

that their government will get into and do it in our names
cause nobody’s held responsible so they just took the reins

how could 90 percent of Americans want gun control
universal background check and they just say no

like fuck how you feel cause we don’t have to listen
but the NSA will monitor the emails you have written

to see crimes that you’re admitting//like confessions you’re submitting
and in the process of this fuckery the constitution ripping

oh by the way you’re paying us to disregard your problems
it’s ironic that problem's us so nobody will solve them

Chorus

Don’t get mad at me cause I’m the one that’s yelling fire
denial is the gasoline that keeps the flames higher

ignore it if you wanna be a slave to your desire
but this is what it looks like at the death of empires


nowadays these conspiracies are easy to believe
because the collective consciousness perceives the government deceives

and no matter how just ridiculous a lot of them will seem
the population will spread them around with statuses and memes

there’s a general disgust about the things that they don’t trust
when the media ain’t leading some topics they won’t touch

but our attention spans diverted we got A.D.D.
while those in power seek to redefine what liberty means

yo the people on the top give could a crap about the bottom
all the access, all the money, all the resources they got them

and you part your lips to talk about one man one vote
they laughing at you drinking champagne on their luxury boat

every empire ever existed has fallen to dust
and it’s kind of ludicrous to think that the exception is us

but laugh me off and watch us march down that exact same road
and years from now America will be another story told


Chorus

Don’t get mad at me cause I’m the one that’s yelling fire
denial is the gasoline that keeps the flames higher

ignore it if you wanna be a slave to your desire
but this is what it looks like at the death of empires

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