I hear the roar of a big machine Two worlds and in between Hot metal and methadrine I hear empire down I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed Get down, get impressed, get pretty but you and me We got the kingdom, we got the key, we got the empire Now as then we don't doubt, we don't take direction Lucretia, my reflection Dance the ghost, with me I hear the roar of a big machine Two worlds and in between, love lost, fire at will Dum, dum, bullets and shoot to k** I hear dive bombers and empire down We look hard, we look through We look hard to see for real These things I hear they don't make sense I don't see much evidence, I don't feel