Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) was an American emo band from Michi… Read Full Bio ↴Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) was an American emo band from Michigan. It was formed in 2006 originally as a solo project of band member Keith Latinen. The band's music is most often described as emotional indie rock reminiscent of '90s Midwest emo sound.
The band's first release was in 2007 with an EP titled When The Sea Became A Giant. The band released a full-length album, What It Takes To Move Forward, in 2009. The band is signed to Count Your Lucky Stars Records and has released albums on a number of other labels, such as strictly no capital letters (UK), Topshelf Records, Stiff Slack (Japan), and Hobbledehoy Record Co (Australia). The band released their second album You Will Eventually Be Forgotten on August 19, 2014. On February 16, 2016, the band announced their final tour before their breakup on their official Facebook page.[2]

Bandcamp

Social media: facebook / twitter /

Labels: count your lucky stars / strictly no capital letters / stiff slack / keep it together / topshelf

K.O. K.O.
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate):

An Idea Is a Greater Monument Than a Cathedral will the same mistakes haunt you like they used to…
Archival Footage We have been watching you for weeks, getting weaker This ti…
Documenting Thirty Days I wrote it down, in case I might forget how…
Everything Rests On Your Small Shoulders i remember when you thought you found god painted a cross…
Girls Will Not Frighten the Frost from the Grave At twenty years old, A renaissance birthed by poetry and…
How to Make Love Stay city lights graced interstates, the way you move your hand…
How to Stay Afloat in a Sea of Change You had made plans for the colder months ahead And…
I Am a Snail and You Are a Pace I Cannot Match he long days piled into weeks before you'd speak, as…
I Swim Like a Minnow you bobby-pinned your auburn hair back, as we crossed over …

It Happened Because You Left in fall, the year you grew to be six feet i…
Keep What You Have Built Up Here oh no! i thought you'd changed; take back all the…
Our Love Has Made Us Pariahs Oh, the city burns! nero would be proud my mouth fills up …
Rally the Troops! Poke Holes in Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers With Their Coffins! it flew out your mouth, "you can drive me anywhere-…
The Loneliness Inside Me Is a Place will all my twenties find me so guarded? littered and…
The Next Step to Regaining Control i knew that you wouldn't change, but i bit my…
Water last night, i dreamt the old, sea foam green paint in…
We Did Not Need to Open It to Know It Was There Our apartment was breathing like each groan was it's last wi…
What had taken years to put together was destroyed in one moment A borrowed prayer died before it filled your lips Your grand…
What Safe Means you settled into uneasy sleep, a subtle hint that things…
Year of the Rabbit Don't say goodnight. Is this your life, or are you Holding…

You Have to Believe That Life is More Than the Sum of its Parts Kiddo Oh sure, you can look for reasons and try to be…

The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos

TRACKS