Empire Line

by The National

From the album: Sleep Well Beast

Track 7 of 12 on Sleep Well Beast (2017).

Duration: 05:23

Sleep Well Beast cover art

Lyrics for Empire Line

You've been sleeping for miles So what did you see? Here the sky's been falling white flowers And there's ice in all the trees I've been tapping the table I've been hoping to drink There's a line that goes all the way from my childhood to you Can't you find a way? Can't you find a way? You are in this too Can't you find a way? I've been trying to see where we're going, but you're so hard to follow And I don't think we're getting anywhere any time soon We have so much to cover and I don't know what I'm expecting You just keep saying so many things that I wish you don't Can't you find a way? Can't you find a way? You are in this too Can't you find a way? I've been talking about you to myself Cause there's nobody else And I want what I want And I want everything I want everything I've been talking about you to myself Cause there's nobody else And I want what I want And I want everything I want everything Can't you find a way? Can't you find a way? You are in this too Can't you find a way?

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More from Sleep Well Beast

  1. Nobody Else Will Be There
  2. Day I Die
  3. Walk It Back
  4. The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
  5. Born to Beg
  6. Turtleneck
  7. Empire Line
  8. I'll Still Destroy You
  9. Guilty Party
  10. Carin at the Liquor Store
  11. Dark Side of the Gym
  12. Sleep Well Beast