Lyrics Crumbling Empire - Sam Fender

Road like the surface of the moon
A Detroit neighbourhood left to ruin
Girl at the wheel showing me the sight
Of this crumbling empire

Following suit in the Atlantic mirror
Under the Byker Bridge, they shiver
It's one for me, and one for the dead
And one for my crumbling empire

I'm not preaching, I'm just talking
I don't wear the shoes I used to walk in
But I can't help thinking where they'd take me
In this crumbling empire

My old man worked on the rail yard
Betting his trade on the electrical bars
It got privatised, the work degraded
In this crumbling empire

My mother delivered most the kids in this town
My step-dad drove in a tank for the crown
It left them homeless, down and out
In their crumbling empire

And I'm not preaching, I'm just talking
I don't wear the shoes I used to walk in
But I can't help thinking where I'd be
In this crumbling empire

In this crumbling empire
In this crumbling empire
In this crumbling
In this crumbling empire

I was a kid when they threw him out
Livin' of the streets down Camden town
Under the arches, strung wide out
In our crumbling empire

25 years on crack and dope
Bagging the painful synthetic hope
Just another kid failed by these blokes
In their crumbling empire

I'm not preaching, I'm just talking
I don't wear the shoes I used to walk in
But I can't help thinking where they'd take me
In this crumbling empire

In this crumbling empire
In this crumbling empire
In this crumbling empire
In our crumbling empire (oh)

In their crumbling empire
In our crumbling empire (oh)
In our crumbling empire (oh)
Yeah (oh)

Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh