[Intro] (Dm) [Japanese DJ scratching, heavy breathing] (Bbmaj7) Look at this wasteland. (Gm) Welcome to the kingdom. [Verse 1] (Dm) Sitting on a throne in a desolate space (Bbmaj7) Staring at the ashes of the human race (Gm) Even Jewish authors became confused and famished (Am) Trying to write the history before it all vanished (Dm) Look at East Asia, that was a power fantasy (Bbmaj7) By some sort of weak man trying to play the deity (Gm) To nuclear bomb the Orient and watch it all spill (Am) I never did that, and I never will [Chorus] (Dm) In the end, what do I rule?! (Bb) Just a shattered empire and a crown for the fool! (F) Screaming at the sky in the toxic air (C) I said if the earth ain't holy then what do I care! (Dm) I said if the earth ain't holy then what do I care! [Verse 2] (Dm) [Heavy DJ scratches, aggressive drop] (Bbmaj7) King of the nothing, lord of the rust (Gm) Building up a monument out of the dust (Am) They tried to push the button, tried to erase the zone (Dm) Now I'm the only one left standing by the microphone (Bbmaj7) Extreme aggression, the studio is bleeding out (Gm) No power fantasies, just the shadows and the doubt (Am) You wanted a ruler, you wanted a god to see (Dm) But all you got was the desolate truth of me [Chorus] (Dm) In the end, what do I rule?! (Bb) Just a shattered empire and a crown for the fool! (F) Screaming at the sky in the toxic air (C) I said if the earth ain't holy then what do I care! (Dm) I said if the earth ain't holy then what do I care! [Bridge] (Bb) If it ain't sacred, let it burn to the ground! (C) [Turntable shredding, heavy guitar palm mutes] (Dm) I don't want the ashes, I don't want the sound! (F) Never dropped the bomb, never gave the decree (Bb) This desolate space is just staring back at me! [Outro] (Dm) In the end... (Bb) What do I rule? (Gm) If the earth ain't holy then what do I care. (Dm) I said if the earth ain't holy then what do I care! (Dm) [DJ scratch out to silence]
