I've seen the dark side of you
The shadows and secrets that hide behind your pretty face
Don't think that I don't remember when you turned the stereo up
Don't turn the stereo down

We built an empire
We're burning it down
Lives are changing
And what happened to the sound,
The sights and the moment, the feeling
Oh you don't see it and no, you don't hear it anymore
We built an empire up from the ground
Lives are changing
And what happened to the sound,
The lights and the movement, the motion
Oh you don't know it but no, we don't feel it anymore

I'm broken, hoping I can turn it all around
Not turn the clocks back but turn it so it's facing away
And no I don't want to look now
Turn the radio up, don't turn the radio down

We built an empire
We're burning it down
Lives are changing
And what happened to the sound,
The sights and the moment, the feeling
Oh you don't see it and no, you don't hear it anymore
We built an empire up from the ground
Lives are changing
And what happened to the sound,
The lights and the movement, the motion
Oh you don't know it but no, we don't feel it anymore

No no no
No no no love
No no no love

Cuz I've been dying alone
Life without a reason
I don't know to live with you
Cuz I've been dying for so long
That I don't remember how we used to live
I just want want to build an empire

No no no
No no no love
No no no love

I want to hold you
I want to lose myself in you, like we used to
But it would be better than before
Don't you remember, you used to run into my arms
We built an empire
We built an empire

We built an empire
We're burning it down
Lives are changing
And what happened to the sound,
The lights and the movement, the motion
Oh you don't know it but no, we don't feel it anymore