Empire! Empire! (I was A Lonely Estate)
Empire! Empire! (I was A Lonely Estate)
Empire! Empire! (I was A Lonely Estate)
Empire! Empire! (I was A Lonely Estate)
Empire! Empire! (I was A Lonely Estate)
Empire! Empire! (I was A Lonely Estate)
Empire! Empire! (I was A Lonely Estate)
Empire! Empire! (I was A Lonely Estate)
Empire! Empire! (I was A Lonely Estate)
Empire! Empire! (I was A Lonely Estate)
Empire! Empire! (I was A Lonely Estate)
The song’s title is a quotation from the 1995 Super Nintendo game Chrono Trigger. It is said by the character Marle after she returns from being written out of history. The full line is “It was awful. I can’t recall it all… I was somewhere cold, dark, and lonely. Is that what it’s like to… die?”
I almost died at twenty-one
In January, driving northbound on Abbott Road
The car in front of us slammed their brakes down hard
And slid off onto the right-hand shoulder
We were probably following too close
But I honestly can't remember
We swerved into the turn lane
And lost control when we hit a patch of black ice
That would carry us right into the unavoidable path of
A Saturn barreling south in the opposite direction
My life did not flash before my eyes
I was trying to steer the van anywhere else
As time ground to a halt and froze
Then exploded violently
As metal collapsed into metal
At a horrific speed
There is always 'nough time to do the things you love
Until it's gone
I Was Somewhere Cold, Dark... and Lonely was written by Empire! Empire! (I was A Lonely Estate).
I Was Somewhere Cold, Dark... and Lonely was produced by Mat Halliday.
Empire! Empire! (I was A Lonely Estate) released I Was Somewhere Cold, Dark... and Lonely on Tue Aug 19 2014.