Yo once the eagle soared the world in its hand From Wall Street wealth to the foreign land But now the cracks show the foundation shakes The empires crumbling too much at stake From the White House steps to the citys core The people rise they cant ignore The dollars weak the debts pile high The stars and stripes fade in the sky Fading empire the crowns too heavy Once the king now the grounds unsteady From the rise to the fall the storys told The American dreams losing its hold Fading empire the worlds watching close The land of the free Now its a ghost The thrones empty the reign is done The sun sets on the mighty one They said forever but forevers gone The legacys fading the power withdrawn From the factories closed to the wars they fought The cost of ambition the lessons taught The worlds shifting the balance tilts New powers rise the empire wilts The eagles wings they cant sustain The weight of greed the endless strain Fading empire the crowns too heavy Once the king now the grounds unsteady From the rise to the fall the storys told The American dreams losing its hold Fading empire the worlds watching close The land of the free Now its a ghost The thrones empty the reign is done The sun sets on the mighty one