Originally by The Sisters Of Mercy

I hear the roar of a big machine



Two worlds and in between



Hot metal and methedrine



I hear empire down



I hear empire down

I hear the roar of a big machine



Two worlds and in between



Love lost, fire at will



Dumdum bullets and shoot to kill, I hear



Dive, bombers, and



Empire down



Empire down

I hear the sons of the city and the dispossessed



Get down, get undressed



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

A long train held up page on page



A hard reign held up by rage



Once a railroad



Now it's done...

I hear the roar of a big machine



Two worlds and in between



Hot metal and methedrine



I hear empire down...

We got the empire, now as then



We don't doubt, we don't take reflection



Lucretia, my direction, dance the ghost with me...