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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