[Intro - distant analog synth drone, low guitar feedback, dry baritone] Napoleon Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte March on March on March right off the map Napoleon Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte How far How far How far is far enough? [Verse 1 - restrained, talk-sung] He bought a coat in a foreign town Had the sleeves cut short at the wrist Said every room was too small for him So he started making a list One for the river One for the road One for the men who forgot what they're owed One for the border One for the crown Nobody tells Napoleon When to sit down [Pre-Chorus - drums tighten, bass pushes forward] How do you know when you've made it? How do you know when you're done? How many doors do you kick open Before every room becomes one? [Chorus - wider guitars, chant-like vocal] Napoleon Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte March on March on March right off the map You got everything You got nothing You got everything you asked Napoleon Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte How long How long Can a shadow last? [Verse 2 - rougher vocal, psychedelic guitar responses] There’s snow inside his boots tonight There’s smoke behind his eyes He keeps moving little wooden men Across a table twice their size He says tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow will explain Why every road that carried him out Keeps bringing him back again [Pre-Chorus] How do you know when you've won it? How do you know when you've lost? When every mile looks good on paper But somebody else pays the cost [Chorus] Napoleon Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte March on March on March right off the map You got everything You got nothing You got everything you asked Napoleon Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte How long How long Can a shadow last? [Bridge - motorik repetition, increasingly distorted] Little man Big hat Little island Big moon Little hand Big plan Little grave Big name Move the pieces Move the line Lose a thousand Call it mine One more border One more time Do it again Do it again Do it again Again. [Instrumental - fuzz guitar eruption, analog synth pulse, tambourine, bass pushed forward] [Breakdown - nearly whispered] There’s always another country There’s always another door There’s always somebody waiting To tell you you could have had more [Final Chorus - dense, imperfect, vocal partly buried] Napoleon Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte March on March on March right off the map You had everything You had nothing You had everything you asked Napoleon Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte How long How long Can an empire last? [Outro - tape wobble, instruments gradually degrading] Napoleon Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte March on March on March right off the map ... Still going.
