Cardboard empire would you crumble to the ground 纸板的帝国，你会崩溃到地面

As we watched by 当我们观看了

Shipping magnate are you stranded on the ground 船王你被困在地面上

With no dog to fly... 由于没有狗飞...

Round the table sat the kings of circumstance 围着桌子坐着的情况下国王

The puppeteer would pull his strings 木偶人将他拉弦

And we would sing and dance 我们会唱歌和跳舞

As the cardboard empire fell 由于纸板帝国下跌

   

Stone Age Neros sat behind their desks of steel 石器时代Neros坐在钢自己的办公桌后面

Trading paper clips 交易回形针

Of our empire there was nothing left untouched 我们的帝国没有什么幸免

But potato chips 但薯片

We sat down at the banquet and the jester danced a reel 我们坐下来在宴会和小丑跳舞卷轴

The gladiator drew his sword, we knew we were the meal 角斗士拔剑，我们知道我们的餐

As the cardboard empire fell 由于纸板帝国下跌

   

Who are the people, who are the people 谁是人，谁是人民

Who are the people that you think you are? 谁是你认为你是人吗？