Empires (Andrew Cadie) Empires rise empires rule Empires finally burn, they burn Empires finally burn There is an empire in the west across the raging sea Who tell us all that they know best and how we all should be They’ll nail their colours to our mast and tell us fairy tales Make up glories of the past, blow wind in to our sails You’re told there’s gold all in your bank, it’s gold you’ve never seen And only the pirates on the sea can tell you where it’s been Only the slaves in the darkest mine can tell you where it’s from And only the richest in our land can tell you where it’s gone We’re told of leaders in the East and of their evil deeds Of how they plunder in the south to still their hungry needs Well what’s of our traders in the West and all their evil ways They took their bounty in the south and the poorest had to pay For us to be rich they must stay poor it’s the only way it goes So start a war and bar the door and lock them to their woes But all these riches we have gained are weighing heavily The water’s rising, as it rains we’ll sink in to the sea