Who Sang Empire? The Black Angels
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Release information
Release Date: 2006-4-11
Genre: Rock Blues
Style: Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock
length: 5:36
vocal: Christian Bland and Alex Maas
mixer: Erik Wofford
electric guitar: Christian Bland and Nate Ryan
recording engineer: Erik Wofford
electric bass guitar: Christian Bland, Alex Maas and Nate Ryan
percussion: Stephanie Bailey
drums (drum set): Stephanie Bailey
effects: Jennifer Raines
Some other versions of "Empire"
- Song TitleRelease TitleYearArtist
- EmpireClear1995Bomb the Bass feat. Benjamin Zephaniah & Sinéad O’Connor
- EmpireFace the Fear1998In Strict Confidence
- EmpireOriginal Sound Version1998Discordance Axis
- EmpireShell Shocked1998Mac
- EmpireIdentical Remote Controlled Reactions2002Superheist
- EmpireA Part of Something2003Drumattica
- EmpireGrown Backwards2004David Byrne
- EmpireDas Kapital2004Node
- EmpireMy Better Self2005Dar Williams
- EmpireThe Misery Index: Notes From the Plague Years2006Boysetsfire
- EmpireRedeemer2006Machinae Supremacy
- EmpirePremiers maux2006Clownage
- EmpireSet Sail the Prairie2007Kaddisfly
- EmpireResurrection2007Chimaira
- EmpireCome Now Sleep2007As Cities Burn
- EmpireThe Smart Sensation2007Scrapy
- EmpireBuilding an Empire2008Demians
- EmpireWatch the World Die2008Minushuman
- EmpireThe Scars We Hide2008Julia
- EmpireFamous People Marry Famous People200820 Minute Loop
- EmpireDuluth2008Trampled by Turtles
- EmpireWest Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum2009Kasabian
- EmpireOf Doom and Death2009Savage Circus
- EmpireEmpire2009Conquest
- EmpireDisappear Here2010Hybrid
- EmpireEmerald Island2010+\-
- EmpireThe Long Procession2010Amia Venera Landscape
- EmpireLeveler2011August Burns Red
- EmpireAlésia2011Housse de Racket
- EmpireFæmin2012Process of Guilt
Lyrics
Oh, the empires calling,
Trying to hear his voice,
While he's preaching to the choir,
And that choir is death and noise.
And he closes up his fist, and he sees if they exist.
Angels with broken wings,
Melodic harmonies she sings.
She brings you white daffodils,
You place them on your windowsill.
Then you open up your fist, and you see if they exist.
Well you sit in dark forests,
You've been there for quite a while.
And when they come to take you,
You just sit and smile.
You say, “Hey, you take this. I'm gonna see if you exist.â€
Oh it's time to leave here,
And I still have my knife,
And it's pressed up against my body,
Tonights gonna be the night.
And I cut my own wrist, just to see if I exist.
Trying to hear his voice,
While he's preaching to the choir,
And that choir is death and noise.
And he closes up his fist, and he sees if they exist.
Angels with broken wings,
Melodic harmonies she sings.
She brings you white daffodils,
You place them on your windowsill.
Then you open up your fist, and you see if they exist.
Well you sit in dark forests,
You've been there for quite a while.
And when they come to take you,
You just sit and smile.
You say, “Hey, you take this. I'm gonna see if you exist.â€
Oh it's time to leave here,
And I still have my knife,
And it's pressed up against my body,
Tonights gonna be the night.
And I cut my own wrist, just to see if I exist.