Are you sharp enough to make sure you're not being followed
'Cause they're sharp enough to hunt you down
A cunning smile but their promises rang hollow
They won't look back after leaving town

Are you big enough, they will give you many faces
And faceless turn your life into a lie
Hot on heels, shot on wheels in all the right places
Lenses, breaking fences, caught in the camara's eye

Denying but buying the stories, all right
Feeding the fire when they got you that night
At the gates of the palace they came
To cover their guilt but a crowd is nameless
That's how the empire was built
That's how the empire was built

And the wheel of fortune turned as they took your freedom
Stopped at high score when they crossed the line
How low did they sink as the world could see them
Hunters became hunted, now they're paying the price

Denying but buying the stories, all right
Feeding the fire when they got you that night
At the gates of the palace they came
To cover their guilt but a crowd is nameless
That's how the empire was built

Nothing to gain
Everything to lose
Your loss is their gain
In the ways they use
They're lost in obsession
With the ways you choose

Denying but buying the stories, all right
Feeding the fire when they got you that night
At the gates of the palace they came
To cover their guilt but a crowd is nameless
That's how the empire was built

Denying but buying the stories, all right
Feeding the fire when they got you that night
At the gates of the palace they came
To cover their guilt but a crowd is nameless
That's how the empire
That's how the empire was built