Empires Rise

from Ghost Again by bleedingkeys

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People make their plans for their kingdoms to expand,
this is how it goes, and this is how it's been
Empires rise under blue skies,
people put your belts on, hell's on standby
Insatiable kings half-cocked on their thrones,
rulin' dizzy with desire and no back bone
The gold up on the ceilings and gold down on the floor
didn't come without a cost or a score

Stop this ride, I wanna get off, wanna get off
Some things will never change, some people never stop
Like a black hearse rollin' to the boneyard, sirens calling ships to the rocks till they wreck hard
Stop this ride, I wanna get off, wanna get off

War at the hands of the madman who can't get enough,
how we ever let it get this far makes me sick to my guts
What's the going rate for your soul,
will you feel your heart beating when the bell tolls

Stop this ride, I wanna get off, wanna get off
Some things will never change, some people never stop
Like a black hearse rollin' to the boneyard, sirens calling ships to the rocks till they wreck hard
Stop this ride, I wanna get off, wanna get off

(Keep your grubby little hands, out of the little bit that we've got...)

You separate yourselves from the lives you destroy in your gated little kingdoms and you say we're paranoid
You poison our food and you poison our streams, and the poor can't afford to get away from your greed
How much did you sell your soul for?
How much did you sell your soul for?

Keep your grubby little hands, out of the little bit that we've got....

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from Ghost Again, track released October 30, 2014

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