Verse
B
Like a city overthrown
D#m
We're turning buildings into stone
C#
We leave the bodies to the crows
G#m
On a funeral of fire
B
Now we're choking on the fumes
D#m
Spread the lie and kill the truth
C#
They're in the ashes of the proof
G#m
We watch the flames rise higher
[Chorus]
B
Our empire
D#m
Is on fire
C#
Our empire
G#m
Is on fire
B D#m C# G#m
Our empire's on fire
B D#m C# G#m B
Our empire is on fire
[Verse 2]
B
Now we're falling through the ice
D#m
We made our bed and rolled the dice
C#
Well every gamble has a price
G#m
We watched the cracks grow wider
B
Waves are climbing past your knees
D#m
It's just the coming of the seas
C#
It's getting harder now to breathe
G#m
We watched the tides rise higher
[Chorus]
B
Our empire
D#m
Is on fire
C#
Our empire
G#m
Is on fire
B D#m C# G#m
Our empire's on fire
B D#m C# G#m
Our empire is on fire
[Bridge]
B
I said I know you know we feel it in our bones
D#m
I said I know you know we feel it in our bones
C#
I said I know you know we feel it in our bones
G#m
I said I know, woah oh oh!
B D#m C# G#m
[Chorus]
B
Our empire
D#m
Is on fire
C#
Our
G#m
Is on fire
B D#m C# G#m
Our empire's on fire
B D#m C# G#m B
Our empire is on fire