Thats How Every Empire Falls

| G | G | G | G | G | G Dadd4 C G He caught a train from Alexandria, just a broken man in flight G Dadd4 C G Runnin' scared with his devils, sayin' prayers all through the night G Dadd4 C G But mercy can't find him, not in the shadows where he calls G Dadd4 C G Forsaking all his better angels: That's how every empire falls Dadd4 C G G Dadd4 C G The bells ring out on Sunday morning like echoes from another time G Dadd4 C G All our innocence and yearning and sense of wonder left behind G Dadd4 C G Oh gentle hearts remember, What was that story? Is it lost? G Dadd4 C G For when religion loses vision, That's how every empire falls Dadd4 C G Dadd4 C G G Dadd4 C G He toasts his wife and all his family, the providence he brought to bear G Dadd4 C G They raise their glasses in his honor although this union they don't share G Dadd4 C G A man who lives among them was still a stranger to them all G Dadd4 C G For when the heart is never open, That's how every empire falls Dadd4 C G Dadd4 C G Dadd4 C G Dadd4 C G G Dadd4 C G Padlock the door and board the windows, put the people in the street G Dadd4 C G "It's just my job," he says, "I'm sorry," and draws a check, goes home to eat G Dadd4 C G At night he tells his woman, "I know I hide behind the laws" G Dadd4 C G She says, "You're only taking orders": That's how every empire falls Dadd4 C G Dadd4 C G G Dadd4 C G A bitter wind blows through the country, a hard rain falls on the sea G Dadd4 C G If terror comes without a warning, there must be something we don't see G Dadd4 C G What fire begets this fire, like torches thrown into the straw? G Dadd4 C G If no one asks, then no one answers: That's how every empire falls Dadd4 C G Dadd4 C G