Invisible Empire

I thought the candle was gonna go out The wind was blowing and the door was open But the candle never went out, never went out The wave found its way to the shore I thought it was a ripple and nothing more But the wave found its way all the way to the shore Oh, I wanna burn this house I know, I wanna jump into the fire Oh, I've got to tear them down The pinnacles of my invisible empire I know the gamble never works twice All the distractions of the table and the weighted dice But the thrill of it feels so nice, you'd do it all again But I look to the chips and lose I'm standing on the platform with my neck in the noose And I know it's not my time, it's not my time Oh, I wanna burn this house I know, I wanna jump into the fire Oh, I've got to tear them down The pinnacles of my invisible empire And if I do all the things I do Well, I tell myself that I'm staying true I'll never stop, you know I'll never stop You know I'll never think about it Put an end to all this time That I would spend with it on my mind You know it never stopped, you know it never stopped You know I always wondered about it I wondered about the wonder Oh, I wear a rusting crown I know this dynasty is falling The crowd shouts for another round. I see the ruin The spectacular diamonds buried, icebergs, the minarets, and the marketplaces The signal fires of my invisible empire