Fallen Empires

It seems the day that your house burned to the ground Was the day that you'd always planned to leave anyway And the vast empire you come through to get here Makes the world look like pennies in my hand I'll never let go I'll never let go you said out

You can't find the fall So you can call it off But it might be for the best You can walk away anyway Because you've nowhere else to go Is he worth all this Is it a simple yet Cause if you have to think That's f*cked Feels like you've loved him more T

Your engine threatens I can hear it from the garden I can see it coming I can see it comefrom miles What you thinking right now 'causeI think that I can guess If we set off now we'll have the highway to ourselves You love the little signs of Life You

Wooden floors, wooden floors whisper And they creak under your sockless feet A secret door, a door undiscovered You knock so gently in case you're heard A record plays a song that you've not heard It is perfect, it is home Everything, now everything'

There's the river, there's the house, and there's the church. And there's us years ago. Deep in your garden where the nettle met the rose Is where we hide ourselves. Yes we were just kids, but you couldn't tell us that. These are the garden rules, Th

It's the price I guess For the lies I've told That the truth it no longer thrills me And why can't we laugh? When it's all we have Have we put these childish things away? Have we lost the magic that we once had? In the end, in the end There's nothing

The car crunches grabel The wind clicks at you The star spell you under As ou don't stroke by the gate It hurts every muscle Jsut to walk back to the hause This home that you both made Looks .. from the yard Chorus You can hear those distant bells Yo

If you were here beside me Instead of in New York If the curve of you was curved on me I'd tell you that I loved you Before I even knew you Cause I loved the simple thought of you If our hearts are never broken Well there's no joy in the mending Ther

Fallen Empires You called my name in the dark Called me back to the start The condensation is building tension A stubborn silence is formed Around our bodies it's warm The cool wet grasses as summer passes Frightened under attack Fallen flat on my ba