That's How Every Empire Falls-Marianne Faithfull

[ti:That's How Every Empire Falls] [ar:Marianne Faithfull] [al:Horses and High Heels] [by:] [offset:0] [00:11.30]Caught a train from Alexandria [00:15.41] [00:16.35]Just a broken man in flight [00:19.97] [00:21.47]Running scared with his devils [00:25.52] [00:26.89]Saying prayers all through the night [00:30.51] [00:32.33]Oh but mercy can't find him [00:36.82] [00:37.51]Not in the shadows where he calls [00:40.87] [00:42.93]Forsaking all his better angels [00:46.49] [00:48.36]That's how every empire falls [00:52.36] [01:04.09]The bells ring out on Sunday mornng [01:07.70] [01:09.20]Like echoes from another time [01:12.78] [01:14.84]All our innocence and yearning [01:18.45] [01:19.84]And sense of wonder left behind [01:23.14] [01:24.94]Oh gentle hearts remember [01:28.58] [01:30.33]What was that story Is it lost [01:33.55] [01:35.48]For when religion loses vision [01:39.04] [01:40.98]That's how every empire falls [01:44.34] [01:56.81]He toasts his wife and all his family [02:00.44] [02:01.75]The providence he brought to bear [02:05.43] [02:07.11]They raise their glasses in his honor [02:10.85] [02:12.34]Although this union they don't share [02:15.85] [02:17.72]A man who lives among them [02:21.33] [02:23.08]Was still a stranger to them all [02:26.58] [02:28.26]For when the heart is never open [02:32.44] [02:33.88]That's how every empire falls [02:37.44] [03:31.41]Padlock the door and board the windows [03:35.03] [03:36.34]Put the people in the street [03:39.84] [03:41.83]"It's just my job " he says "I'm sorry " [03:45.22] [03:47.27]And draws a check goes home to eat [03:50.77] [03:52.58]But at night he tells his woman [03:56.44] [03:57.76]"I know I hide behind the laws " [04:00.93] [04:02.80]She says "You're only taking orders " [04:05.93] [04:08.43]That's how every empire falls [04:12.23] [04:34.45]A bitter wind blows through the country [04:37.82] [04:39.44]A hard rain falls on the sea [04:42.93] [04:44.68]If terror comes without a warning [04:48.05] [04:49.86]There must be something we don't see [04:52.96] [04:54.96]What fire begets this fire [04:58.95] [05:00.26]Like torches thrown into the straw [05:03.63] [05:05.51]If no one asks then no one answers [05:09.21] [05:11.01]That's how every empire falls