When the curtain falls And we see through Oz Then the prince of darkness turns to grey When the metal god Goes to rust in peace Then our way of life it fades away Empires fall No king can save us all By spinning lies and selling faith, oh Empires fall History says it all And now we suffer through our fate ♪ We were powerslaves In a dynasty Held fast by the fists of rebellion But in Metallica the first cracks appeared And we wondered who it was that we believed in Empires fall No king can save us all By spinning lies and selling faith, oh Empires fall History says it all And now we suffer through our fate ♪ We bought into a dream We gave our souls Built every temple Went to every show Not even Ancient Greece Had gods like ours That sang us battle hymns For hours and hours We worshipped each of them And brought them tithes For all the meaning That they gave our lives We had a brotherhood That spanned across nations We were religious In our dedication Now it's all gone It's all gone It's all gone It's all gone ♪ Empires fall No king can save us all By spinning lies and selling faith, oh Empires fall History says it all And now we suffer through our fate Empires fall ♪ Empires fall ♪ Empires fall ♪ Empires fall