Afternoon Matinee: Protest - Empire

Performed by Dar Williams

Who's afraid of the sun?

Who'd question the goodness of the mighty?

We who banish the threat,

When your little ones all go nighty-nighty.

Well, there's no time for doubt right now

and less time to explain.

So get back on your horses,

kiss my ring, join our next campaign.

And the empire grows with the news that we're winning.

With more fear to conquer

and more gold thread for spinning.

Bright as the sun, shining on everyone.

Some would say that we forced our words

and we find that ingenuously churlish.

Words are just words.

Don't be so pessimistic, weak and girlish.

We like strong, happy people

who don't think there's something wrong with pride,

Work makes them free

and we spread that freedom far and wide.

And the empire grows,

the seeds of its glory,

For every five tanks,

plant a sentimental story,

till they worship the sun,

even Christ-loving ones.

And we'll kill the terror who rises

and a million of their races.

But when our people torture you

that's a few random cases.

Don't question the sun

It doesn't help anyone.

But the journalist cried out

when it was too late to stop us.

Everyone had awakened

to the dream they could enter our colossus.

And now I'm right,

here you said I'm right,

there's nothing that can harm me.

Cause the sun never sets

on my dungeons or my army.

And the empire fell

on it's own splintered axis.

And the emperor wanes

as the silver moon waxes.

And the farmers will find our coins

In their strawberry fields

while somebody somewhere

twists his ring as someone kneels.

Oh where is the sun, shining for everyone.

Oh where is the sun, shining for everyone.

~ from Lyric Wiki ~