Your money's now worth nothing
It all went up in smoke
Businessman in panic
Trying to save their souls
A young man with his gun
Shooting at his friends
A schoolyard full of kids
Who met an early end
My feet are standing on barren ground
The earth is finally closing down
But I got one thing on my mind
What's going on
Are we all blind
Is this a fallen empire?
A kingdom for no man
Is this a fallen empire?
A castle made of sand
A child HIV-positive
What has she done to you
A landmine almost took a life today
A boy on his way to school
The arctic ice melts to water
Heavy rain is pouring down on you
Somewhere in the Middle East,
a guy, a hidden bomb
A slaughtered market place,
a religious cause they say
Is this a fallen empire?
A kingdom for no man
Is this a fallen empire?
A castle made of sand
In the darkest hour
There's always a glimpse of light
I can sense there's some love left
In the corner of your eye
To be honest
I thought we have finally come to an end
A positive force
Giving me back my strength again
Today the market's crashed
Money we've never seen
This morning the banks collapsed
The end of the western dream?
But you now the times they're changing
The judge hasn't count to ten
The world that we all live in
Will rise and march again
Is this a fallen empire?
A kingdom for no man
Is this a fallen empire?
A castle made of sand