Emperor's Song

Bow down
Bow down
Bow down
Bow down

What would you do if it all broke up
So what would you do if the doors were shut
And the pearls are being eaten by the swine
So what would you do if the worms don't turn
There's nothing left, nowhere to run
And it's looking slightly bleaker every day
Do you follow your heart, do you follow the drum
Do you follow the flag, do you shoulder the gun
Do you slow march off the edge with head held high?

Do you go down gently and without a fight
Do you take it on the chin and beg for more
When the sword is raised and the trumpet calls
You bow down, you bow down, you bow down to the emperor's song

Bow down to the emperor's song
Bow down

So did you believe in the post-war dream
Do you hate dealing with machines
And ones picking up your prayers off the phone
You followed advice, and you followed the work
You followed the rules, and you gave it your lot
But a younger man's just taken on your job

We've all got long term contracts with the man upstairs
But who's picking up the options on our souls?
When it's one life firm and the deal is up
You bow down, you bow down, you bow down

And we all bow down to the emperor's song
And we all bow down to the emperor's song
And we all bow down to the emperor's song
(Bow down) Bow down
(Bow down) Bow down
(Bow down) Bow down
We all bow down

Bow down
Bow down

What do you do when it's all too much
You're out of luck and out of touch
And you can't relate to anything they say
So what you do when it gets too tough
You want to say that enough's enough
You want to walk away and just throw in the towel
Do you go with the grain, do you go with the tide
Do you go with the crowd, do you go for the ride
Do you hang on until the bitter end?

There's a bandwagon leaving but it's not for me
Well I've swallowed all the hooks and I want no more
But when the lights are dimmed and the curtain calls
You bow down, you bow down, you bow down

And we all bow down to the emperor's song
And we all bow down to the emperor's song
And we all bow down to the emperor's song
You bow down
You bow down
You bow down

And we all bow down to the emperor's song
And we all bow down to the emperor's song
And we all bow down to the emperor's song
(Bow down) Well you bow down
(Bow down) You bow down
(Bow down) You bow down

(And we all bow down to the emperor's song) All bow down to the emperor's song
(And we all bow down to the emperor's song) All bow down to the emperor's song
(And we all bow down to the emperor's song) So we all bow down to the emperor's song
(Bow down) You bow down
(Bow down) You bow down
(Bow down) You bow down

(And we all bow down to the emperor's song) All bow down to the emperor's song
(And we all bow down to the emperor's song) All bow down to the emperor's song
(And we all bow down to the emperor's song) Tell me, do we all bow down to the emperor's song?
(Bow down) You bow down
(Bow down) You bow down
(Bow down) You bow down

Will we all bow down? (Bow down)
Should we bow down (Bow down)
To the emperor's song?