Elizabeth Leslie - Empire Falls

There's no time
To even speak
Read the letters
Scroll until you blink
Watch the empire fall on tv

Talk to a stranger
A stranger you should meet
Wait until you feel
Wait until you're beat

Wait until next week
The empire falls
As we sleep

Sleep, sleep, sleep...

You're taking us down, alarms never sound
(Won't wither away for you)
You give, you take
(Won't give what gets only for you)
You say « this is life » and throw it away
(Won't get what's only for you)
You give an inch, you take it back
(Won't wither away for you)

Found lies in your
Doublespeak
You're not one of us
Even when you cheat

What is trust?
If not to believe
You do it for yourself
On the backs of the weak

Weak, weak, weak...

Reality revealed itself
Indecipherable and obscure as the world of dreams
And it revealed itself
The illusion that the glass had been broken, ephemeral

Dejected and disheartened, many soon retreated
Back into a bitter starvation and profound silence
Many pulled away and isolated themselves
In their dream worlds

The empire falls

Written by:
Ann Leslie, Natalia Ginzburg

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