EMPIRE

Since you first saw me

you knew about us.

Until this moment

I thought I'd just

stumbled on your secret

door,

your shore.

Alone

no more!

If we keep on dreaming

and die before we wake,

I'll need no boatman,

no one to take

me to the hereafter.

I'll go freely,

if you're waiting there for me.

From stiffened gauze

you dangled your keys.

I learned secrets

upon my knees,

learned your combination:

down,

way down,

until I think I'll

drown.

If we keep on dreaming

and die before we wake,

I'll need no boatman,

no one to take

me to the hereafter.

I'll go freely,

if you're waiting there for me.

I dove for the

blackened pearl

ecstasy of your

dirty world,

came upon your empire,

came,

I came,

I saw,

I reign .

If we keep on dreaming

and die before we wake,

I'll need no boatman,

no one to take

me to the hereafter.

I'll go freely,

if you're waiting there for me.