When the band plays happy hour
At the Empire Lounge
All raise hands 'round the fountain
When the clock rings from the tower
"The city's coming down"
We listen like standing stones
We listen like standing stones
We listen like standing stones
Give it up for Omnicide
Red flags wave in the petro air
In the dusk of the industriocene
So it's back to the drawing board
To build bigger and better machines
Clutching at the tail of the master we serve
We joy ride down the back slope of Hubbert's curve
When the band plays happy hour
At the Empire Lounge
All raise hands 'round the fountain
When the clock rings from the tower
"The city's coming down"
We listen like standing stones
We listen like standing stones
We listen like standing stones
Absolutely Rapa Nui
Cling to days of wine and roses
And promises our leaders could never keep
Required to admire the emperor's clothes
Naked in a nightmare without sleep
Clutching at the tail of the master we serve
We joy ride down the back slope of Hubbert's curve
When the band plays happy hour
At the Empire Lounge
All raise hands 'round the fountain
When the clock rings from the tower
"The city's coming down"
We listen like standing stones
We listen like standing stones
We listen like standing stones
Give it up for giving up
When told control is happiness
When power promises a kiss
We close our eyes
...and the train rolls on...
When the band plays happy hour
At the Empire Lounge
All raise hands 'round the fountain
When the clock rings from the tower
"The city's coming down"
We listen like standing stones
We listen like standing stones
We listen like standing stones
Once again in history's frame
The root of all remains the same
The sane imprisoned
The mad empowered
Nature howls in a desperate hour
But in a winter dark
Or in a summer high
Will the wild things walk
Under starlit skies
In this place?
© 2014 John Newlands and Rachael Charbonneau
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