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You Were Never Really Here

by Empire Bay

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1.
Ten Years 03:54
I know I let you down Only fools succeed in love Oh, it was obvious That I never gave enough I was a bastard child Don't expect you to forgive I am impossible Hope there's a life for you to live Ten years gone but I need you now Time moves on and I need you now Ten years gone but I need you now Time moves on and I need you now A ghost took residence Carved its name into my bones Whispered "I told you so" As I curse this haunted home The walls are caving Feel it tighten 'round my neck I am a prisoner The hallways laugh behind my back Ten years gone but I need you now Time moves on and I need you now Ten years gone but I need you now Time moves on and I need you now
2.
Magnolia 03:26
My whole universe in free fall Since I saw you standing still Defy the laws that keep me grounded 'Til I take another pill I keep trying but I don't know what it means And every part of me, it gets stuck in between The horizon and the emptiness The emptiness I feel When I reach your light Magnolia I've been trying hard to reach her But I never made it through There's a wall that comes between us Made of everything that's true I keep dying and I don't know what it means And every part of me is tearing at the seams There's a void inside the emptiness The emptiness I feel When I reach your light Magnolia
3.
Holy Sea 03:50
Dissolved into the sun But made it out alive Shipwrecked my heart for fun I found the other side Please darling, don't be scared No you don't have to be Got lost but now I'm free Holy sea, swallow me Take me with you 'til I drown All the way down Holy sea, follow me You're the closest thing I've found Closest I've found And so despite it all An aching in my bones Prepared you for the fall And tore me from my home Please darling, take my hand The darkness blinded me Got lost but now I see Holy sea, swallow me Take me with you 'til I drown All the way down Holy sea, follow me You're the closest thing I've found Closest I've found
4.
Drained 04:14
When I first laid eyes on you Swear I never had a clue Hold my breath, I'm losing sleep When I first laid eyes on you My heart collapsed and broke in two One half is yours to keep I am drained My vocal cords are strained And I may change I pray you'll stay the same Stay the same When I held you in my arms I surrendered to your charms I lost myself in you Every colour, every shape Every sound of every wave I see you hiding in the blue I am drained My vocal cords are strained And I may change I pray you'll stay the same Stay the same When I first laid eyes on you My heart collapsed and broke in two One half is yours to keep I am drained My vocal cords are strained And I may change I pray you'll stay the same I am drained These voices all sound strange A crying shame We never stay the same Stay the same
5.
All my life I'd sit in silence All my life I'd wait for you In your mind a place of violence Every wrong becomes a truth If you let the light in I will keep it here for you If you let the light in I will keep it here for you In the colour of your sadness In the context of your skin This is where I will be staying When the tide is moving in If you let the light in I will keep it here for you If you let the light in I will keep it here for you There are things I can't imagine There are greater things to fear In an alternate dimension You were never really here If you let the light in I will keep it here for you If you let the light in I will keep it here for you

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released November 1, 2019

Music by Empire Bay
Words by Anders Ankerstjerne

All songs mixed & mastered by Jasper Jagd

Empire Bay:
Anders Ankerstjerne - electric guitars, lead & backing vocals
Andreas Rebenstorff - bass guitar
Jesper Schierling - drums & percussion

Additional 12-string acoustic guitar & synthesizers by Jasper Jagd

Cover photography by Victor Knötzel
Design by Anders Ankerstjerne

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Melodic and melancholy indie rock trio.

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