Empire

David Byrne * Track #4 On Grown Backwards

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Album Grown Backwards

ALBUM

David Byrne

2004

Empire by David Byrne

Release Date

Tue Mar 16 2004

Performed by

David Byrne

Produced by

David Byrne & Patrick Dillett

Writed by

David Byrne

About

Similar to Miss America, this is a song critical of US policy. While Miss America focuses on the way migrants are treated, Empire is more about US imperialism, both of its origin (the genocide of indigenous Americans) and its modern foreign policy.

Empire Lyrics

[Verse 1]
In national elections
In songs raised on high
With stirring emotions
As tears fill our eyes
In democratic fever
For national defense

[Chorus 1]
I am a mountain
I am a mountain
I am a mountain
Like birds upon a fence
Like birds upon a fence

[Verse 2]
Young artists and writers
Please heed the call
What's good for business
Is good for us all
For as it is in nature
So it is in life

[Chorus 2]
The weak among us perish
The weak among us perish
The weak among us perish
The strong alone survive
The strong alone survive

[Verse 3]
Voices like thunder
Decisions like steel
The past and the future
They belong to us all
From every mountain
The water and the land

[Chorus 3]
The world that we've created
The world that we've created
The world that we've created
By working hand in hand
By working hand in hand

Empire Q&A

Who wrote Empire's ?

Empire was written by David Byrne.

Who produced Empire's ?

Empire was produced by David Byrne & Patrick Dillett.

When did David Byrne release Empire?

David Byrne released Empire on Tue Mar 16 2004.

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