Like a city overthrown We're turning buildings into stones We leave the bodies to the crows On a funeral of fire Now we're choking on the fumes Spread the lie and kill the truth They're in the ashes of the proof We watch the flames rise higher Our empire Is on fire Our empire Is on fire Our empire's on fire ♪ Our empire is on fire Now we're falling through the ice We made our bed and rolled the dice Well every gamble has a price We watched the cracks grow wider Waves are climbing past your knees It's just the coming of the seas It's getting harder now to breathe We watched the tides rise higher Our empire Is on fire Our empire Is on fire Our empire's on fire ♪ I said I know, you know, we feel it in our bones I said I know, you know, we feel it in our bones I said I know, you know, we feel it in our bones I said I- (woah-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh) I said I know, you know, we feel it in our bones I said I know, you know, we feel it in our bones I said I know, you know, we feel it in our bones I said I- (woah-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh) Oh, oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Our empire Is on fire Our empire Is on fire Our empire's on fire Oh, oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Our empire is on fire Oh, oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh