Picture the Empire upstate where I grew up
A middle of nowhere that once was a railroad town
Starry nights in winter snow, skating frozen ponds
"Sunlit valley, mountain fields, here all life abounds"
Mom and dad captured life in a slide show reel
In a tiny house on the hill surrounded by fields
My world went on as far as my bike wheels could go
When I think back now it doesn't seem long ago
The cool of the shade of the woods and the smell of the hay
Fireflies lit up the night like youth lit the day
The far horizon called like a siren song
But the stone and steel Empire's glow couldn't warm me for long
It was not the Empire you think of
It was lost on a back road of time
An old place in the path of progress
What happened to the hometown I left behind?
I set off in search of my life as soon as I could
Like a moth to a flame, I flew like a young man should
And the men and their promises came to build and expand
But saw all of their plans laid to waste by the lack of demand
It was not the Empire you think of
It was lost on a back road of time
An old place in the path of progress
What happened to the hometown I left behind?
The commuter lines and condos have all gone to rust
Left the Empire a ghost town covered in dust
The power plant pours its poison into the sky
While the ghosts who still live there choke down another lie
I used to know whose woods these are I'm stopped by
Before they were slashed and scarred by the big power line
Houses and gas stations stand where we once raced our bikes
And the same sun that lit my youth doesn't seem quite as bright
It's not the Empire I dream of
When I'm lost on a back road of time
An old place in the path of progress
What happened to the Empire I left behind?
"Dreams flow across the heartland
Feeding on the fires.
Dreams transport desires
Drive you when you're down
Dreams transport the ones who need
To get out of town"
Karl Eisenhart - A Different Empire (feat. Patricia Eisenhart, flute) Lyrics
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Picture the Empire upstate where I grew up
A middle of nowhere that once was a railroad town
Starry nights in winter snow, skating frozen ponds
"Sunlit valley, mountain fields, here all life abounds"
Mom and dad captured life in a slide show reel
In a tiny house on the hill surrounded by fields
My world went on as far as my bike wheels could go
When I think back now it doesn't seem long ago
The cool of the shade of the woods and the smell of the hay
Fireflies lit up the night like youth lit the day
The far horizon called like a siren song
But the stone and steel Empire's glow couldn't warm me for long
It was not the Empire you think of
It was lost on a back road of time
An old place in the path of progress
What happened to the hometown I left behind?
I set off in search of my life as soon as I could
Like a moth to a flame, I flew like a young man should
And the men and their promises came to build and expand
But saw all of their plans laid to waste by the lack of demand
It was not the Empire you think of
It was lost on a back road of time
An old place in the path of progress
What happened to the hometown I left behind?
The commuter lines and condos have all gone to rust
Left the Empire a ghost town covered in dust
The power plant pours its poison into the sky
While the ghosts who still live there choke down another lie
I used to know whose woods these are I'm stopped by
Before they were slashed and scarred by the big power line
Houses and gas stations stand where we once raced our bikes
And the same sun that lit my youth doesn't seem quite as bright
It's not the Empire I dream of
When I'm lost on a back road of time
An old place in the path of progress
What happened to the Empire I left behind?
"Dreams flow across the heartland
Feeding on the fires.
Dreams transport desires
Drive you when you're down
Dreams transport the ones who need
To get out of town"
A middle of nowhere that once was a railroad town
Starry nights in winter snow, skating frozen ponds
"Sunlit valley, mountain fields, here all life abounds"
Mom and dad captured life in a slide show reel
In a tiny house on the hill surrounded by fields
My world went on as far as my bike wheels could go
When I think back now it doesn't seem long ago
The cool of the shade of the woods and the smell of the hay
Fireflies lit up the night like youth lit the day
The far horizon called like a siren song
But the stone and steel Empire's glow couldn't warm me for long
It was not the Empire you think of
It was lost on a back road of time
An old place in the path of progress
What happened to the hometown I left behind?
I set off in search of my life as soon as I could
Like a moth to a flame, I flew like a young man should
And the men and their promises came to build and expand
But saw all of their plans laid to waste by the lack of demand
It was not the Empire you think of
It was lost on a back road of time
An old place in the path of progress
What happened to the hometown I left behind?
The commuter lines and condos have all gone to rust
Left the Empire a ghost town covered in dust
The power plant pours its poison into the sky
While the ghosts who still live there choke down another lie
I used to know whose woods these are I'm stopped by
Before they were slashed and scarred by the big power line
Houses and gas stations stand where we once raced our bikes
And the same sun that lit my youth doesn't seem quite as bright
It's not the Empire I dream of
When I'm lost on a back road of time
An old place in the path of progress
What happened to the Empire I left behind?
"Dreams flow across the heartland
Feeding on the fires.
Dreams transport desires
Drive you when you're down
Dreams transport the ones who need
To get out of town"
Writer: Karl Eisenhart
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Copyright: Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid