[00:11.30]Caught a train from Alexandria
[00:16.35]Just a broken man in flight
[00:19.97]
[00:21.47]Running scared with his devils
[00:25.52]
[00:26.89]Saying prayers all through the night
[00:30.51]
[00:32.33]Oh but mercy can't find him
[00:36.82]
[00:37.51]Not in the shadows where he calls
[00:40.87]
[00:42.93]Forsaking all his better angels
[00:46.49]
[00:48.36]That's how every empire falls
[00:52.36]
[01:04.09]The bells ring out on Sunday mornng
[01:07.70]
[01:09.20]Like echoes from another time
[01:12.78]
[01:14.84]All our innocence and yearning
[01:18.45]
[01:19.84]And sense of wonder left behind
[01:23.14]
[01:24.94]Oh gentle hearts remember
[01:28.58]
[01:30.33]What was that story it Is lost
[01:33.55]
[01:35.48]For when religion loses vision
[01:39.04]
[01:40.98]That's how every empire falls.
[01:44.34]
[01:56.81]He toasts his wife and all his family
[02:00.44]
[02:01.75]The providence he brought to bear
[02:05.43]
[02:07.11]They raise their glasses in his honor
[02:10.85]
[02:12.34]Although this union they don't share
[02:15.85]
[02:17.72]A man who lives among them
[02:21.33]
[02:23.08]Was still a stranger to them all
[02:26.58]
[02:28.26]For when the heart is never open
[02:32.44]
[02:33.88]That's how every empire falls
[02:37.44]
[03:31.41]Padlock the door and board the windows
[03:35.03]
[03:36.34]Put the people in the street
[03:39.84]
[03:41.83]"It's just my job," he says "I'm sorry."
[03:45.22]
[03:47.27]And draws a check, goes home to eat
[03:50.77]
[03:52.58]But at night he tells his woman
[03:56.44]
[03:57.76]"I know I hide behind the laws."
[04:00.93]
[04:02.80]She says, "You're only taking orders."
[04:05.93]
[04:08.43]That's how every empire falls.
[04:12.23]
[04:34.45]A bitter wind blows through the country
[04:37.82]
[04:39.44]A hard rain falls on the sea
[04:42.93]
[04:44.68]If terror comes without a warning
[04:48.05]
[04:49.86]There must be something we don't see
[04:52.96]
[04:54.96]What fire begets this fire
[04:58.95]
[05:00.26]Like torches thrown into the straw
[05:03.63]
[05:05.51]If no one asks, then no one answers
[05:09.21]
[05:11.01]That's how every empire falls.