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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Genius Meanings
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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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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Mythological Beauty
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This was the first single from Big Thief’s sophomore album, Capacity. The song is a meditation on the sacrifices, both literal and emotional, young parents are forced to take on.
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Big Thief – Spud Infinity
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[Chorus] / What's it gonna take? / What's it gonna take? / What's it gonna take / To free the celestial body? / [Verse 1] / From way up there, it looks so small / From way down
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Big Thief – Mary
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‘Mary’ was written by Adrianne Lenker in the home which inspired the sentiment of the lyrics. In an interview with NPR, Lenker spoke about the inspiration for the song.
She first
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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 – 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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real bins – 1tad 2023
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December / 折坂悠太 - 人人 / 8485 & blackwinterwells - Something bad / NNAMDÏ - Going Crazy / Lolo Zouaï - How to Love / Thy Slaughter - Immortal / November / RAY - Lightwave / Bolis
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Big Thief – Those Girls
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[Verse 1] / Dropped call, mid fall / Only you can know for now / Island, demons / Only you can hold them down / [Chorus] / Those girls might hear me crying / The one, the only
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Big Thief – Open Desert
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[Verse 1] / Vacant angel, crimson light / Darkened eyelash, darkened eye / The white light of the living room / Leaking through the crack in the door / There was never need for
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Big Thief – 10 miles (Wide Winged Bird Version)
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To die in your arms / Your words forming again / We kiss very hard and wild / To rise in the dark / Like birds, preying on skin / We pray with our oxygen / And Joe, nothing is real
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Big Thief – Light Is As Is
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[Verse 1] / Same old words / I can hear the birds talk to me through them / I can hear the birds talk to me through them / Light is light, is light, is light, is light / Light is
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My Chemical Romance – The Sharpest Lives
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Similar to “Jetset,” “The Sharpest Lives” touches on living recklessly and not minding consequences.
The title plays on the similar sound of the words ‘knives’ and ‘lives.’ A
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Lana Del Rey – Off to the Races
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This song has Lana professing her love for her rich, gangster boyfriend. However, their Bonnie & Clyde-like relationship is doomed.
“Off to the Races” is inspired by the book
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Taylor Swift – Vigilante Shit
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“Vigilante Shit” follows the topic of a woman who’s seeking revenge. Swift and the subject of the song ostensibly obtain their revenge – instead of getting sad, they get even.
The
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Genius Artists
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Big Thief
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Big Thief is an alternative rock band from Brooklyn, formed in 2015. Adrianne Lenker is the lead singer and songwriter for the group. She also contributes guitar melodies.
The
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Big Thief Songs
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Big Thief has 130 songs with the most popular being Paul, Vampire Empire and Masterpiece.
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Genius Albums
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Masterpiece by Big Thief
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Masterpiece was released on May 27, 2016. It is the band’s debut album, and is twelve tracks long. Leading up to the album’s release, four tracks have been released as singles.
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SongMeanings Interpretations
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Bob Marley and the Wailers - Babylon System Lyrics
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Me say de Babylon system is the vampire, falling empire, Suckin' the blood ... This is such a great song, one of my favorite by Bob Marley. "We are what we ...
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Tones On Tail - Christian Says Lyrics
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... empire. Baby, baby, baby needs a real thief 'Cause baby, baby, baby wants an ... vampire. In this age of golden grief. Your own reflection's on the blink. This ...
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