Artist: Big Thief
Track: Vampire Empire
Lyrics
Watching TV, tired, bleeding on the bed
The milk has just expired, all the leaves are dead
I'm not quiet, you've been quiet, just receiving what you said
Reeling, feeding, feeling filled by everything you fed
I see you as you see yourself through all the books you read
Overwhelmed with guilt and realizing the disease
You give me chills, I've had it with the drills
I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills
I am empty 'til she fills, alive until she kills
In her vampire empire, I am
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
I see you there rejecting all your earthly power
Protecting and dissecting 'til you've emptied every hour
We jump into the pond, then we come under the shower
You lay upon my pillow and you open like a flower
I wanted to see you naked, I wanted to hear you scream
Wanted to kiss your skin and your everything
I wanted to be your woman, I wanted to be your man
I wanted to be the one that you could understand
You give me chills, I've had it with the drills
I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills
I am empty 'til she fills, alive until she kills
In her vampire empire, I am
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh
Well, I walked into your dagger for the last time
It's like trying to start a fire with matches in the snow
Where you can't seem to hold me, can't seem to let me go
So I can't find surrender, and I can't keep control
You turn me inside out and then you want the outside in
You spin me all around, then you ask me not to spin
You say you want to be alone, and you want children
You wanna be with me, you wanna be with him
You give me chills, I've had it with the drills
I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills
I am empty 'til she fills, alive until she kills
In her vampire empire, I am
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
Full Lyrics and Meaning
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Daytrotter Session by Big Thief
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Demos Vol. 1 - Topanga Canyon, CA - Feb 2018 by Big Thief
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Wide Winged Bird by Big Thief
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Live at the Bunker Studio - EP by Big Thief
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Two Hands by Big Thief
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“30 miles west of El Paso, surrounded by 3,000 acres of pecan orchards and only a stone’s throw from the Mexican border, the band Big Thief (a.k.a. Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, Max
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Genius Lyrics
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Big Thief – Vampire Empire
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[Verse 1] / Watching TV tired, bleeding on the bed / The milk has just expired, all the leaves are dead / I'm not quiet, you've been quiet, just receiving what you said / Reeling
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Big Thief – Born For Loving You
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[Verse 1] / After the first stars formed, after the dinos fell / After the first light flickered out of this motel / 1991, momma pushing like hell / Tangled in blood and vine
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Song Directory
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Trendy $ledge – Thought It Was Lyrics (Unreleased) · Sybyr – Freezing Me Lyrics · Xiu Xiu – Desistance Lyrics · Big Thief – Vampire Empire Lyrics · Sybyr – ...
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Big Thief – Shark Smile
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[Verse 1] / She was a shark smile in a yellow van / She came around and I stole her glance / In my youth, a vampire / Evelyn shone quiet as roses sting / It came over me at a bad
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Big Thief – Cactus Practice
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[Verse 1] / Lying awake in a dreaming state / Riding on a holiday ride / Getting sidetracked, turn on my back / Heavy with the gravity glide / And I'm nobody's boy / Just your wet
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Big Thief – Certainty
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[Verse 1] / Name on the line, last request / Pull the car over to find some rest / Saying, "I love you" / Need to lie here, need to leave / Living in the debt of make-believe
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Big Thief – Black Flowers (Wide Winged Bird Version)
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[Verse 1] / Walking home in her dirty clothes / She is a flower that no one knows / And the man her blue eyes hold / I can see it now, in the way they glow / She gave blood to him
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Big Thief – Masterpiece
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The first single form 2016’s album of the same name, Masterpiece is a powerful, uptempo song about the passing of time, and of lives. On one level it reminisces of times past
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Big Thief – Bruiser
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[Verse 1] / I am the bruiser wearing a guise / See the confusion deep in my eyes / Learn to separate, annotate, celebrate / To alleviate the child that cries / [Chorus] / Lie
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Big Thief – Live Young (Topanga Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Pretty grey zombie / Feeding upon me / Please turn around / Show me your weary green eyes / [Verse 2] / Her heart is mangled / She’s got me in a fable / Please follow
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Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
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[Verse 1] / It's a little bit magic / Like a river of morning geese / In the new warm mountain / Where the stone face forms and speaks / [Chorus] / I believe in you / Even when you
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Big Thief – Change
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The track was previewed multiple times by Lenker via impromptu Instagram Live shows in 2021, before receiving its full band debut on 21 August 2021 at Garden Amphitheatre
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Big Thief – UFOF
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Adrianne Lenker has spoken about how U.F.O.F symbolizes the other, those things outside of ourselves, those things beyond our understanding. The album’s title, adds ‘Friend’ to ‘
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Big Thief – Mermaid (Topanga Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Only a matter of time / Before we lose our mind / Only a matter of days left / Only a couple of ways down / [Chorus] / You know it don't feel so small / When you’re
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Big Thief – Simulation Swarm
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[Verse 1] / I tried to tell you / I didn't know how to stay / You believe she can see through / Cutting at the silent clay / A relief, beckon deep blue / Fettered in the magnet sun
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Big Thief – Oldest
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[Verse 1] / Lotus flower bloom / Suck the poison from my eye / The point is so heavy / It always takes a while / To set in / [Chorus] / Wall fly / Apple of the oldest eye / I try
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Big Thief – Real Love
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[Verse 1] / Having a bad week? / Let me touch your cheek / I will always love you / [Verse 2] / Having your face hit / Having your lip split / By the one who loves you / [Chorus
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Big Thief – Cell Phone Says
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Cell phone says your name / But I don't even hear it ring / The July in winter and September spring / Where way up north is the warmer weather / So together we take the call / And
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Big Thief – Paul
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Story about some good old folk presumably in the rurals of america. Partners in crime. A girl with commitment issues. A man who wants to make her his lover. She cannot accept this
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Big Thief - Vampire Empire Lyrics
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Big Thief "Vampire Empire": Watching TV tired, bleeding on the bed The milk has just expired, all the leaves are dead I'm not qu...
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Big Thief Lyrics
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Big Thief lyrics - 82 song lyrics sorted by album, including "Vampire Empire", "Not", "Dried Roses".
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