Bob Catley - When Empires Burn lyrics

When empires burn When empires burn A raging heart, a second hand emotion The flowers of freedom turn to cold needless skies The feint refrain of songs, of dreams and wonder The nightmare visions wait behind closing eyes The wind of change, the words of hope and splendour A slowly fading star encircles belief But then it came, a sound that rocked a nation We only suffer fools when fools we believe But only dreamers get lost in cold perfection Love changes temples when the banners unfurl The blind man leads the blind to find a new direction Whatever it takes love survives When empires burn, and the hammer it must fall The innocent finally find the truth behind it all When empires burn, the last curtain call The children will dream in their hearts, a new world tonight When empires burn, and freedom is the sound The pages of history sees the world tumbling down When empires burn, a new brighter day The children will shine in their eyes, a new world tonight When empires burn This blackened night, the sound of heavy thunder The wheels keep turning as we fight to the fall The last embrace across the seas and oceans As one in spirit but united the cause The burning bridges gives light to new horizons The milk of human kind as white as the day The cup of kindness gives a bittersweet emotion Whatever it takes love survives When empires burn, and the hammer it must fall The innocent finally find the truth behind it all When empires burn, the last curtain call The children will dream in their hearts, a new world tonight When empires burn, and freedom is the sound The pages of history sees the world tumbling down When empires burn, a new brighter day The children will shine in their eyes, a new world tonight When empires burn When empires burn When empires burn, and the hammer it must fall The innocent finally find the truth behind it all When empires burn, the last curtain call The children will dream in their hearts, a new world tonight When empires burn, and freedom is the sound The pages of history sees the world tumbling down When empires burn, a new brighter day The children will shine in their eyes, a new world tonight When empires burn