Meanwhile Rome burns   Meanwhile Rome burns      It's a cultural shift, it's the North Atlantic drift   Americana and a rule Britannia   And the moon, yes, we own that too   And where the Euphrates meets the other river   Is now the home of the devil and the liar   And the pyre we plan to make is just the drift leaving its wake, ah      Meanwhile Rome burns   Meanwhile Rome burns      And the films you want to watch and the films you want to make   And the kids, like lost angels dressed in black sensations   And the shift won't shake and the drift won't brake   With billions of diamonds growing like olives and the drift holds the coffers      Meanwhile Rome burns   Meanwhile Rome burns   Meanwhile Rome burns   Meanwhile Rome burns      Meanwhile Rome burns   Meanwhile Rome burns   Meanwhile Rome burns   Meanwhile Rome burns