Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Imperial Ball at Schönbrunn Palace. The Emperor has arrived. His Majesty Franz Joseph and her Empress Elizabeth Sissi! The chandeliers ignite with flame The crowd obeys, but not the same Strauss begins, the waltz divine Now screams through amps in three-four time The violins are burning bright The nobles twist in pure delight Their golden crowns begin to shake As Schoenbrunn's walls begin to quake Dance, dance, the empire falls Let's all thunder through these halls Walls of fire, the walls of doom Let's run a shake in the Grand Ballroom The generals scream, the duchess spins The orchestra breaks their violins Strauss himself just bows and grins As chaos reigns, the madness wins The ballroom floor begins to crack No noble fear is holding back The empire's ghosts join in the fray, and metal rules in sweet decay Attention, the waltz continues, no mercy Oh honey, the ballroom's on fire again again Dance, dance, the empire falls Lots of thunder through these halls Walls of fire, walls of doom Let Vienna shake in the grand ballroom Dance until the crowds collide In flame and steel the music snaps Broken walls to metal stones The Empire's dead, the Lord lives afar Dance, dance, the empire falls Melts of fire, the walls of doom Let Viennese shake in the grand ballroom Dance, dance, the empire falls Melts of fire, the walls of doom Dance, dance, until the crowds collapse In flame and steel the music snaps From golden walls to metal stone The empire's dead Long live the fall. My dear, what a lovely evening. Indeed, my love. A perfect success.