Empire Burning Slow

Verse 1

Silver frames cracked on the bedside

Holding visions of a boy I never was

Look at how the mirror multiplies the shadows

Crowding out the logic with a quiet buzz

I am tectonic plates shifting in a bathroom stall

Praying for the strength to stand

Tied my shoes with wires

Pulling tightly till the knuckles turn white

Every winter is a weapon

Hidden in a pocket

Keeping secrets from the sun

Pre-Chorus

The rain tastes like copper pennies

Washing down the grit and the grime

Yesterday was a landslide

I'm just buying more time

Chorus

Watch the empire burning slow

Let the smoke rise up and go

Everything I owned is gone

Carry on until the dawn

Watch the empire burning slow

Watch the empire burning slow

Verse 2

Broken clocks spinning in a dark room

Waiting for a heartbeat to restart

Found a nickel in the drain

Thinking bout the rhythm of a tired heart

Long days bleeding into longer nights

Stretching out like rubber bands

Lost the compass yesterday

Buried under sand in a glass bottle

Clutching onto nothingness

Watching through a keyhole

Pre-Chorus

The rain tastes like copper pennies

Washing down the grit and the grime

Yesterday was a landslide

I'm just buying more time

Chorus

Watch the empire burning slow

Let the smoke rise up and go

Everything I owned is gone

Carry on until the dawn

Watch the empire burning slow

Watch the empire burning slow

Bridge

Maybe I lost

Maybe I learned

Maybe I survived the bridge I burned

Heavy lungs breathe thin air

Found the ghost that was never there

Chorus

Watch the empire burning slow

Let the smoke rise up and go

Everything I owned is gone

Carry on until the dawn

Watch the empire burning slow

Watch the empire burning slow