What’s really unique ‘bout this song is the fact that, it works well as the opening track of the album, presenting some destructive imagery regarding life as it is in this city, but it sounds more like the aftermath of events that took place before, of which someone listening to the album for the fi...
[Verse 1]
This city is an empty glass
Words do nothing
No one sleeps
This city is an empty glass
[Verse 2]
This city is an empty glass
Graciousness is lost
The betrayed yearn
This city is an empty glass
[Verse 3]
This city is an empty glass
Shops are closed
There is nothing
This city is an empty glass
[Verse 4]
This city is an empty glass
The buildings shriek
As everything weeps
This city is an empty glass
[Verse 5]
The trees hang their heads
And the wired wants faith, fray
The songs sing silently
Oh
This city is an empty glass (Clouds)
This city is an empty glass (Clouds)
[Outro]
In the air: shrieks (In the air: shrieks)
The breath is long (The breath is long)
For the fires are out (For the fires are out)
The waters sit still (The waters sit still)
This city
This city is an empty glass
In the air: shrieks
The breath is long
And the fires are out
The waters sit still
City Song was written by Nicholas Andrew Sadler & Alexis Marshall.
City Song was produced by Nicholas Andrew Sadler & Seth Manchester.
Our journey begins. Eight years later and we re-enter on a slow burn. I wasn’t exactly sure how to fill the verses and decided to take a minimalist approach. The words came together in the final moments, and with secondary tracks and good deal of groans, grunts and the like, we were able to create a...