I hear the roar of a big machine Two worlds and in between Hot metal and methedrine I hear empire down I hear the empire down I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed Get down, get undressed We 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 I hear the empire down I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed Get down, get undressed We 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 We look hard, we look through We look hard to see for real Such things I hear, they don't make sense I don't see much evidence I don't feel, I don't feel, I don't feel I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed Get down, get undressed We 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 A long train held up by page on page A hard reign held up by rage Once a railroad now it's done The empire has begun