I Am a Snail, and You Are a Pace I Cannot Match Songtext
von Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)

Long days piled into weeks before you′d speak
As the storm crawled to meet the shoreline
And it began to rain at once
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried
To keep the awful things at bay from you
Rumors on air and useless, I
Might as well have tried to prove
The words I thought to purchase would comfort you
There was nothing more that we could do
Or that I still loved you
When nothing could be further from the truth
We're a handful out of mind
Your shame lives on its own
Trying to reach the depth down where it belongs
Weep and rest in your bones
Aching and pulled muscles to act out against you, so
Stay your pity now


The reach of the heart will pull out
Let the beat slow
There′s nothing that we can do for you now
Are you sorry or are you just scared?
There will be no more comfort there
Oh, I ought to tell you the truth
I did not come to plead for you
Where was your heart when your words led the truth
Anywhere else from you?
You're not sorry, you were just scared
I have not come to calm your fears
I am sorry you hate what you are
But everyone else but me already knew, already knew
And would not come to plead for you
Where was your heart when they disappeared?
Anyone else would care
But you will not shoulder the weight you should bear