Empire
This gate is golden
Your mate is chosen
My fate is sealed
This gate is opened
What’s chaste is stolen
My state revealed
Chorus
You’re cruel
And you terrify
You Rule
You built an Empire
Her land reposed
My reverence closed
Her life serene
Her court was pure
I lie in awe
My life and Queen
Chorus
You saw
You came
You conquered
You built an Empire
I’m enslaved
I’m tamed
I’m conquered
You built an Empire
So why can’t you love me
Copyright Martin Isherwood