Century Lyrics

Empires, oh Empires everywhere

All throughout the land rule the people don't despair

Governments of all types manifest see

The old way still a Monarchy

Mon-Ar-Chy

Monarchs in their blood make the rules

Kings and Queens rise and fall

Europe stable on the surface from afar

Britain, France, Germany and Russia

United States isolated overseas

Are the main powers but the world is changing

Unrest is on the air again

Because deep within the cities some people are shun

Germany a joint empire with Austria-Hungary

And ethnic minorities remain unseen

Ignored by the ruling class who remain supreme

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Supreme

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Austria-Hungary and Germany

Had in place cold ideology

That the ruling class were from a master race

And all others were just peasants a disgrace

And this thinking formed restrictive policy

But not everyone inclined to agree

Turmoil started as a slow simmer

In kingdom that was vast and full of splendor

But what's splendid for some, for others is a nightmare

The slavs, the slavs in particular

Were looked down upon if their not in Serbia

Backed by Serbia they would spark something sinister

Well not sinister in their eyes

Just a way to fight back for justice yea that's right

Austria-Hungary not pleased with all of this

Find out Serbias involved now there's a rift

Europe has enjoyed 100 years of peace

And now its hanging by a thread so thin

Like this

Europe has enjoyed 100 years of peace

And now its hanging by a thread so thin

Like this

It's the 20th century

New intellect is forming

New ways of not conforming

Technology advances liberation is the yearning

Society starts to change discontent

The old ways we are learning

Have no place it's concerning

Only to the ruling class that's in charge

Because the gears of war start turning

Yes the gears of war are burning

They don't believe equal is not a right

They will soon see the people start to fight

Alliances are made for when the peace falls

And territory claimed is soon to be a cause

The nature of warfare will change

Ideologies make it personal to engage

Treaties and conventions set about new laws

On how a war must be waged

It's the 20th century

Cultural advancements

Some countries get along

Other countries make stances

To further their reach

Stabilizing empires

Like access to sea

And resources start fires

But most get along

And still there's some uncertainty

A unified Germany the source of some unease

With the other empires outliers

Like the Ottomans

Spain and Italy

With all this going there's no way they could foresee

A small group and uprising would spark destiny

Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia

And Herzegovina

Upsetting the power balance in the region

And sparking rage in the slavic nationalist

Who saw the annexation as a slight and a diss

Against their national ambitions

And they will not stand for this

Europe has enjoyed 100 years of peace

And now its hanging by a thread so thin

Like this

Europe has enjoyed 100 years of peace

And now its hanging by a thread so thin

Like this

A Century of Peace

If you could call it peace

A Century of Peace

If you could call it peace

A Century of Peace

If you could call it peace

A Century of Peace

If you could call it peace

Peace

Peace

A Century of Peace

If you could call it peace

The Black Hand in secrecy there formation

Members of the Serbian Army occupation

And all they were seeking was there peoples unification

Freedom from Austria Hungary Germany its suffocation

Assassination was the vehicle the tool

They sponsored others to make the same moves

Young Bosnia they aided in a daring plot

And the thread of peace in Europe would unravel in a shot

Shot

Shot

And the thread of peace in Europe would unravel in a shot

Shot

Shot

Shot

And the thread of peace in Europe would unravel in a shot

A Century of Peace

If you could call it peace

A Century of Peace

If you could call it peace

A Century of Peace

If you could call it peace

A Century