SPOTLIGHT

Tinxshe - Stand Up

I've seen the great toil of man, watched me be erased
They’ve parted the seas but not yet made a key for the woman in chains
Everyone’s talking, everyone’s shouting, I’ll just be quiet, shall I? 
I read your script and my role just concerned me walking from room to room crying 

Nothing excites me
I’ve bottled my lightning 
The world doesn’t frighten me half as much as it can
No nothing excites me
I’m tired of the routine
Of crying for you and the things I can’t hold in my hand

Any mistakes that I’ve made, I’ll claim them as mine 
Paragon, virtue, the mother that hurt you, it’s all captured here in my smile
Lay your head on my breast, tell me your dreams, and i’ll put mine to bed
Sing me a lullaby, won’t you darling? For the life I almost had

Ah nothing excites me
I’ve bottled my lightning 
The world isn’t frightening me half as much as I wish it would 
No nothing excites me
I’m tired of the routine
Of crying for you and the way that I’ll look in my funeral suit

FUNERAL SUIT

I Get So Excited

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Fuzzy Wuzzy

"Fake Empire" is a song by Brooklyn-based indie rock band The National from their fourth studio album, Boxer. The song was released in June 2008 as the album's third and final single.
Lyrically, "Fake Empire" is a commentary about a generation lost to disillusion and apathy. Vocalist Matt Berninger further explained to The Quietus that it is about "where you can't deal with the reality of what's really going on, so let's just pretend that the world's full of bluebirds and ice skating."            Wikipedia
Lyrics:
Stay out super late tonight
Picking apples, making pies
Put a little something in our lemonade
And take it with us
We're half awake in a fake empire
We're half awake in a fake empire
Tiptoe through our shiny city
With our diamond slippers on
Do our gay ballet on ice
Bluebirds on our shoulders
We're half awake in a fake empire
We're half awake in a fake empire
Turn the light out, say goodnight
No thinking for a little while
Let's not try to figure out everything at once
It's hard to keep track of you falling through the sky
We're half awake in a fake empire
We're half awake in a fake empire

Songwriters: Bryce David Dessner / Matthew Donald Berninger
Fake Empire lyrics © BMG Rights Management
The National – Fake Empire (Live in Rome) Lyrics

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Fake Empire-The National  (Cover)

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