Some time in the dead of a Flint, Michigan winter, The Boss and The Coug we… Read Full Bio ↴Some time in the dead of a Flint, Michigan winter, The Boss and The Coug were drinking draft Coors in a dive bar. In stumbles Tom Waits and sprays whiskey in their faces, cursing them and chastising their lack of depth and innovation in the past decade. What followed was a long and bawdy drinking, cussing, battle of wits that lead the trio to stumble into a recording studio populated by a few local kids. All three of them sobered up a few weeks later, just in time to watch Stephen Wisniewski walk out the front door with a few reels of tape labeled "Here Lies... Empty Orchestra".

Or in their own words:

"Screamin' Jay Hawkins f***ing Tom Petty in the bathroom at a Sixteen Horsepower concert. at least i hope so, because that would sound amazing"

The Audience
EMPTY ORCHESTRA Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'The Audience' by these artists:

Akeboshi The Audience by Akeboshi You and us toge…
Coheed and Cambria Please allow me to introduce myself I'm the lie you use Surr…
Herbert You are my flesh You are my bones You are…
Herbert Feat Dani Siciliano You are my flesh You are my bones You are…
Herbert feat. Dani Siciliano You are my flesh You are my bones You are…
Herbert [Feat Dani Siciliano] You are my flesh You are my bones You are…
Herbert [feat. Dani Siciliano] You are my flesh You are my bones You are…
Herbert [Matthew Herbert] You are my flesh You are my bones You are…
Matthew Herbert You are my flesh You are my bones You are…

Matthew Herbert (feat. Dani Siciliano) You are my flesh You are my bones You are…
Matthew Herbert And Dani Siciliano You are my flesh You are my bones You are…
Matthew Herbert Feat. Dani Siciliano You are my flesh You are my bones You are…
Signs of Betrayal I'm yours only for the moment Let's see what lies in…

The Chariot She raises up her voice. To the public she will…

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01Broken Record3:08

02The Ballad of Bulls Run3:01

03a wide spot in the road3:37

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07You Should See the Other Guy4:30

08lo and behold3:00

09Echo's Bones4:07

10Black and Blue4:24

11We Have Ways of Making You Talk2:33

12Empire State Building5:55

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

Reid Skull

LYRICS:

"I saw it happen.
I was there the whole time, and he parted the curtain,
And he sighed,
And he lifted his eyes.
They looked empty and tired.

Help
Police
Murder
Bring sirens and spotlights.

The audience gets what the audience needs,
So there’s really no call for us to make a big scene.
You see the audience gets what the audience wants.

It’s what we wanted, all along,
The velvety whisper of guns being drawn,
Like a song–
Like a song being sung,
Like the rattle of pneumonia in a zipper of lungs.

Help
Police
There’s a man down,
Is there a doctor in the house?

The audience gets what the audience needs,
So there’s really no call for us to make a big scene.
You see the audience gets what the audience wants.
It is the monster inside us.

I saw it happen,
And it filled me with love,
And it emptied me out,
And I cried–
And I’m crying again,
As I relive it inside.

'Help
Police
Murder,'
We whisper with eyes wide,
'Help
Police
Murder
Get word to the outside!'

The audience gets what the audience needs,
So there’s really no call for us to make a big scene.
You see the audience gets what the audience wants.
It is the monster inside us."

Some/all of the "police"s might be "please," but it's not a big deal.

All comments from YouTube:

Blattacker

7 Years after my roommate first introduced me to this album, and it's still one of my favorites. This and the Ballad of Bulls Run are phenomenal pieces of music.

ChesterNaff

I saw Empty Orchestra open for Streetlight Manifesto on their farewell tour in like 2012/13 and I'm shocked they're so unknown, they're great

Jeffrey Brauner

I heard this song when it first came out and have been trying to find it since then. Then "Empty Orchestra" came up on my Spotify release radar and it clicked. Great song!