VAMPIRE EMPIRE
As recorded by Adrianne Lenker
(From the 2024 Album BRIGHT FUTURE)



[Intro]
      
      


[Verse 1]
             
Watching TV ti

              
red, bleeding 


on the bed
             
The milk has j

              
ust expired, a

       
ll the leaves 

are dead
             
I'm not quiet,

              
 you've been q

             
uiet, just rec

eiving what yo

u said
             
Reeling, feedi

              
ng, feeling fi

        
lled by everyt

hing you fed
             
I see you as y

              
ou see yoursel

          
f through all 

the books you 

read
             
Overwhelmed wi

              
th guilt and r

  
ealizing the d

isease


[Chorus]
             
You give me ch

           
ills, I've had

 it with the d

rills
             
I am nothing, 

              
you are nothin

          
g, we are noth

ing with the p

ills
             
I am empty 'ti

              
l she fills, a


live until she

 kills
             
In hеr a vampi

              
re empire, I'm

     
 thе fish and 

she's my gills


[Post-Chorus]
         
Falling, yeah
         
Falling, yeah


[Verse 2]
             
I see you ther

            
e rejecting al

l your earthly

 power
             
Protecting and

              
 dissecting 't

          
il you've empt

ied every hour
             
We jump into t

              
he pond and th

      
en we come und

er the shower
             
You lay upon m

              
y pillow and y

   
ou open like a

 flower
             
I wanted to se

              
e you naked, I

 
 wanted to hea

r you scream
             
I wanted to ki

              
ss your skin a

   
nd your everyt

hing
             
I wanted to be

              
 your woman an

    
d I wanted to 

be your man
             
I wanted to be

              
 the one that 

  
you could unde

rstand


[Chorus]
             
You give me ch

           
ills, I've had

 it with the d

rills
             
I am nothing, 

              
you are nothin

          
g, we are noth

ing with the p

ills
             
I am empty 'ti

              
l she fills, a


live until she

 kills
             
In hеr a vampi

              
re empire, I'm

     
 thе fish and 

she's my gills


[Post-Chorus]
         
Falling, yeah
         
Falling, yeah


[Interlude]
      
      


[Verse 3]
         
Well, I walked

              
 into your dag

           
ger for the la

st time in a r

ow
             
It's like tryi

              
ng to start a 

            
fire with matc

hes in the sno

w
             
And you can't 

              
seem to hold m

              
e here, can't 


seem to let me

 go
             
So I can't fin

              
d surrender, c

     
an't seem to k

eep control
             
You turn me in

              
side out and t

        
hen you want t

he outside in
             
You spin me al

              
l around and t

        
hen you ask me

 not to spin
             
You say you wa

              
nna be alone a

   
nd then you wa

nt children
             
You wanna be w

              
ith me but the

      
n you wanna be

 with him


[Chorus]
             
You give me ch

           
ills, I've had

 it with the d

rills
             
I am nothing, 

              
you are nothin

          
g, we are noth

ing with the p

ills
             
I am empty 'ti

              
l she fills, a


live until she

 kills
             
In hеr a vampi

              
re empire, I'm

     
 thе fish and 

she's my gills


[Post-Chorus]
         
Falling, yeah
         
Falling, yeah


[Outro]