Empire Builder

[Verse 1]
This is not an escape
But I don't know how to hold somebody
Without losing my grip
You'll say I was bound to leave
Since I first stepped across your borders
Since I crawled into your skin

[Pre-Chorus]
Thought I heard you whisper in the dark
That you knew where the light would be
Thought I saw your shape against the black
Thought I felt you moving beside me

[Chorus]
We are not alone
And we are more alone
Than we've ever been
So hurry up and lose me
Hurry up and find me, again

[Verse 2]
So I'll pass the lumber mills
I'll pass the coal mines and the parks
And the dried-up oil fields
I'll pass a thousand lonely pines
That bend their backs against the sun
But I'll mistake the station birds
For the sound of my phone ringing

[Pre-Chorus]
Thought I heard you whisper in the dark
That you knew where the light would be
Don't wait for me to walk a straight line
You can only hold your breath so long

[Chorus]
We are not alone
And we are more alone
Than we've ever been
So hurry up and lose me
Hurry up and find me, again

[Bridge]
But I am no less bound to you
Than when I crossed into your silence
When I held your solitude
But you never liked it
When I'd play dead
And you wondered why my love songs
Are always the grieving kind
Why I wander off to search
For my reflection in the crowd
Oh, forget I said love
And also, don't forget I said love

[Chorus]
We are not alone
And we are more alone
Than we've ever been
So hurry up and lose me
Hurry up and find me again