by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album You Will Eventually Be Forgotten

I almost died at twenty-one In January, driving northbound on Abbott Rd the car in front of us slammed their brakes down hard and slid off onto the right-hand shoulder We were probably followi

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)/Malegoat Split

My parents offered me one hundred and fifty dollars or a Varsity Jacket (to be adorned by my Track and Band Letters in the form of a big, bright, orange "F") It would have been a keepsake at best- Ne

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) / Rika

You threw your hands up in the air That's when I knew You had made peace with yourself And all of the anger Balled up in tight fists Went slack when the cancer won out This is how my heart broke: I c

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album What It Takes to Move Forward

he long days piled into weeks before you'd speak, as the storm crawled to meet the shoreline. and it began to rain at once! i tried (i tried, i tried, i tried) to keep the awful things at bay from yo

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album What It Takes to Move Forward

he long days piled into weeks before you'd speak, as the storm crawled to meet the shoreline. and it began to rain at once! i tried (i tried, i tried, i tried) to keep the awful things at bay from yo

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) / Football, Etc.

i wrote it down in case i might forget how tall you made me feel like i was towering over trees and buildings (and you made it sound so easy). now i'm wearing your strength like a bright badge pinned

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album You Will Eventually Be Forgotten

When I was eight or nine, I took a trip up north with my brother, my father and my uncle We woke up early and packed bagged lunches and cans of pop into a cooler, and drove to a canoe rental in

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)/Malegoat Split

You always wear neutral colors You are a forest of gray and brown and your bed is always empty Elizabeth was right, you keep your guard up higher than a castle wall and your hands are always buried i

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album Annabel/Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate/Joie De Vivre/The Reptilian 4-Way Split

you spoke with a nervous tick that betrayed control i know! i counted the times you touched your fingers to your throat (seventeen) that night, at sara holden's going away party, you were as pale as

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album Middle Discography

fold your arms like an aeroplane cast over seas you could not navigate for fear of an entry point dear, do not go quietly! do not go, do not go at all! (you are needed here) you were strong but your

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album Home After Three Months Away

Your bobby pinned your auburn back As we crossed over the Washington state line In my grandfather's car We were fleeing the scene of a California coastline Where we buried our dreams among the gridloc

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album When the Sea Became a Giant

Found out how scared you were to ask how I knew everything But not how I ever blamed you. I know you were never aware So how could you say sorry, how could I take and take and never think of you? I

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album On Time Spent Waiting, Or Placing The Weight Of The World On The Shoulders Of Those You Love The Most (EP)

you carry all your weight- tightly stretched across your face, like evidence or proof that everything aged you i measured steady breaths (afraid of truth, or of being rebuked), “what horrible t

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album In Which the Choices We Didn't Make Were Better Than the Ones That We Did

You carry all your weight tightly stretched across your face Like evidence or proof that everything aged you I measured steady breaths Afraid of truth or of being rebuked "What horrible things cling t

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album You Will Eventually Be Forgotten

I was ten years old when my grandparents on my father's side celebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriage Our family piled into our tan '85 Aerostar (the same one that famously died on the w

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album Split

Our apartment was breathing like each groan was it's last will and testament or as if every single secret it heard was a weight on it's chest it just had to get off And the marching band that follows

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album Middle Discography

A borrowed prayer died before it filled your lips Your grandfather was the one who taught you it To speak in troubled times, to carry you to port Now mechanical, it seems so meaningless And what do I

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album Middle Discography

i watched your cheeks flush, colored by an air from a calgary cold front your breath made ghosts spill into the night, and gather as if they might not disappear. i had heard a rumor you were moving b

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album What It Takes to Move Forward

nurse your wounds, you are no soldier we are not men of faith. so that, when we die, the only thing that touches you will be the worms of earth, turning earth over earth. i have not forgiven you i do

by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on album Summer Tour EP

nurse your wounds, you are no soldier we are not men of faith. so that, when we die, the only thing that touches you will be the worms of earth, turning earth over earth. i have not forgiven you i do