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It's Not What I Love, It's What I Don't​.​.​.

by EMPIRES

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1.
A man with nothing has nothing left to lose. Retracing each footstep he misplaced. Everyday where he went wrong. He watches as his life crashes down, all around. He walks the path of the tattered and torn. He walks this path, but not alone. Not sure of a faith, not sure of certainty, not sure of a fucking thing. His bones ache in this bitter cold. Every bit of his dreams pushing distances he could never reach. His nerves consuming him. The debts adding up. The fear of losing what he created weighs him down. A man’s stride so strong broken by those so weak. “With a father so proud and a son who never forgets."
2.
West Blvd. 02:44
Waking up in a panic, with the sheets drenched in sweat. This doesn't feel like anything I want to feel. Watching the clock blink a time I dont care about. In an endless cycle of unfulfilled loneliness. Its like I'm holding my breath, forgetting I would ever have to exhale. Everything here has burned me up. Burned me out. Leaving me with scarred skin and a matching heart. How could I ever love it again? If distance makes the heart grow fonder, what if Im as far away as can be and I still dont feel like coming home?
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Interlude 01:30
4.
The signs, they point in so many directions. I know you'll never understand the one that I chose. Day after day it eats at me. "You're nowhere, and and that's exactly where youll stay". Spoken so many times and its probably never been more true. I tried so many times. Drifting so far away, so far apart. I tried so many times to show you that I would find a better way. If that takes you fading away, then please do it fast to become the memory that died. Watch me as I break. Pushing on to the edge. There's no coming back from here. Pushing...
5.
City Lights 03:49
Watching these days go by, with that same empty feeling. This desperation sinks in on me. Walking a pace im not used to. Im in a losing battle. Feeling constant insignificance, utter disparity and a loss for all sense of direction. In a place I hate to love. Faster and faster it grows on me, Digging into my skull. These walls feel as if they are beginning to narrow. Im so tired and all I want is to sleep forever. Through everything, let it all pass me by. My heart is too worn to continue with these words, writing these songs. My lungs ache at the end of the night. And I cant help but wonder if screaming my lungs out is getting me where I want. When pen on paper just isn't cutting it and plagiarizing another love song is so hard, when I never wrote a love song to begin with.

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Recorded Fall 2010 @ Firestation 7 Studios in Rapid City, South Dakota. Mixed and Mastered by Derek Leisy at Dwreckords in Portland, Oregon.
Chris Englebert- Vocals
Brian Ireland- Guitar
Sean McDonald- Guitar
Marc Mouat- Drums

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released March 12, 2011

Derek Leisy (Mixing/Mastering)
Casey Clark (Album artwork/Merchandising/Web mgmt)

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EMPIRES Rapid City, South Dakota

We're a hardcore band from Rapid City, South Dakota.

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