Empire Lyrics

Mother hugs like morphine

We learned to find her in

The chemicals

As she runs through your mind

(As she runs through your mind)

And your restless soul

The lamps burning low on kerosene

I watched the dresden clock chase the vertigo

Pulling down in the mire

To restrain your bones

So tell me one good thing

That's not a matter of time

I didn't ask for your council

Now you're wasting mine

Tell me one good thing

Still left of the line

I'd sink straight to the call

Cursed every empire

Destined to fall

Mother hugs like morphine

Against the garden gate

Soaked in creosote

Shakes by the fire

(Still she shakes by the fire)

As to whisper some truth

Seems there's no other thing

To drown the things that I've seen

My brother thinks I'm just cynical

But I live by the wire

As a slave to the muse

Tell me one good thing

That's not a matter of time

I didn't ask for your council

Now you're wasting mine

Tell me one good thing

Still left of the line

I'd sink straight to the call

Cursed every empire

Destined to fall

Tell me one good thing

Still left of the line

I'd sink straight to the call

Cursed every empire

Destined to fall