A Kingdom Ablaze - Dennis De Young

With the kingdom ablaze

We averted our gaze

By hiding our eyes

When the pillars came down

We heard not a sound

From the city of lies

Nero’s sang the same song they’d been singing

While hero’s shot in vain their arrows slinging

Then the king and his knaves

The fools and the slaves

Kept pouring our wine

And we knew we should stop

But we drank every drop

Every grape from the vine

Barren grew the land between the oceans

And sorcerer’s could not conjure magic potions

House of cards cried the child

We are tribes running wild

It was you it was me

It was us can’t we see

When our greed becomes our need

All will bleed

So we musn’t blame fate

When fools legislate

Without any plan

And we dare not ignore

The devil in store

From the nature of man

The future lies in state with tragic endings

While we still contemplate our happy endings

House of cards cried the child

We are tribes running wild

Was it you was it me

It was us can’t you see

Who cares if the stars and sun don’t shine

I’ve got mine

Ubi est mea

Ubi est mea

Deus est pecunia

Ubi est mea

Ubi est mea

Deus est pecunia

House of cards this malaise

Shall we dance a kingdom ablaze

Was it me was it you

It was us true is true

Who cares if rivers turn to brine

I’ve got mine