Empire

The reflection in the mirror's never been clearer
Pretend I care
Act so aware
Contradiction and fiction
The empire I live in
Built by oppressed
Proclaimed as blessed
You see the price of our dream was killing, raping and screaming
But I came to terms because I don't have to see it
And still there are fools who just refuse to believe that
There's blood on your hands
On my hands
Are we damnеd?

I am part of sickness
Unmistaken
Given paradisе
Wanted more for the taking
Am I guilty as the ones I blame?
Are we all the fucking same?

Introspection and fear of my faults still adhered to
Yet play the saint
Virtue unstained
How I care for
Deliver my brothers and sisters
Altars remain
In Mammon's name

I am part of sickness
Unmistaken
Given paradisе
Wanted more for the taking
Am I guilty as the ones I blame?
Are we all the fucking same?

A wish
A dream
We'd do anything
Slaughter the innocent
Tune out their screams
To achieve the means
To spread our disease
Surrounded by suffering
Living like kings

Pick through the bones of the dead
Craft the gold teeth to a crown on our head
And spit out the bile
Pick through the bo-o-o-ones
Kings of a fucking ant pile

I am part of sickness
Unmistaken
Given paradise
Wanted more for the taking
Am I guilty as the ones I blame?
Are we all the fucking same?

Wanna give instead of taking
Wanna sacrifice for a better world waiting
Absolution
Hand in hand with change
We are not the fucking same