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An Evil Empire

by Former Belle

on Sounds From The Ground (2016)

I'll return for no one else but you
When my colors run you know that I'll hold true
When I say that I'm out numbered
Losing all the ground that I have covered
Don't you think I can handle myself?

I've been fighting off these men for quite some time
They question me for things they will not find
Cause remember how I used to say
"I'll be thankful just to sleep today"
And my words they still hold true

They beat their evil eyes at me
I scream, "I won't tell anything"
But their heavy arms just won't give in
As they flaunt themselves in victory
While I spite my haunting history
Who's to say I've lost this fight?

Silly boys just talk and talk about me
As if seventeen hadn't sold you the story
I let them waste all their music on me
With the sad excuse a pretty girl can make you crazy

I won't act like I haven't heard the threat
Until growing up seems like the safest bet
No matter how many times I try to leave
I let unstable lives take the best of me

They beat their evil eyes at me
I scream, "I won't tell anything"
But their heavy arms just won't give in
As they flaunt themselves in victory
While I spite my haunting history
Who's to say I've lost this fight?

I won't come through till I'm ready
For two whole years I've left the living game
But you're still here, that's a shame
Cause these hills that hide the city
Hide the jokes and raise the pretty
I'm not gonna risk staying in bed
On another Sunday wishing I had never did
Leave the place I feel at rest