[Intro] [Verse 1] Charters and mandates, a legal facade! Theft turned to taxes by the grace of their god! Rubber and diamonds, the sugar and tea, Stolen by the ships sailing over the sea! [Chorus] Mugged the world! They wrote the law! Mugged the world! With an iron claw! Resistance is treason, the paperwork's signed, Leaving the wreckage of nations behind! [Verse 2] Traders turned tyrants with cannons on shore, Warlords in wigs kicking down your front door! The East India syndicate, mafia in disguise, Writing up the paperwork to cover up the lies! [Chorus] Mugged the world! They wrote the law! Mugged the world! With an iron claw! Resistance is treason, the paperwork's signed, Leaving the wreckage of nations behind! [Bridge] They didn't let go, they were forced to release! Call it a commonwealth, call it a peace! Borders drawn up for imperial gain, Leaving the trauma and leaving the pain! [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] The sun never set on the blood that they spilled, A quarter of the earth that they conquered and killed! Now the wealth is locked up, the crimes are ignored, Leaving the wreckage at the point of a sword! [Chorus] Mugged the world! They wrote the law! Mugged the world! With an iron claw! Resistance is treason, the paperwork's signed, Leaving the wreckage of nations behind! [Outro] No one wants to go back! No one! No one wants to go back! No one! Let the empire fade! Let it fade! © 2026 The Shady River Bard and Trevor Swistchew. All rights reserved.
