[Verse 1]
What if I were to disobey
Give you back the power?
Would I be punished like a child
And left on my own?
Would you think me ungrateful
And send me away
If I couldn't make you happy?
[Pre-Chorus]
As empty handed leaving as I was when I came
Tiptoeing through the rubble and running through the flames
As empty handed leaving as I was when I came
Tiptoeing through the rubble and running through the flames
As empty handed leaving as I was when I came
Tiptoeing through the rubble and running through the flames
As empty handed leaving as I was when I came
Tiptoeing through the rubble and running through the flames
[Verse 2]
What if I were to disobey
Give you back the power?
Would you be the one to turn your back
And cast the first stone?
Would you think me a coward
Though I'd be the hero
And come home a hero?
[Chorus]
I gave you back your power, I gave you back your glory
Well, really, I hadn't noticed
Until I had the power to give it all back
Until I felt the glory when the buildings collapsed
I gave you back your power, I gave you back your glory
Well, really, I hadn't noticed
Until I had the power to give it all back
Until I felt the glory when the buildings collapsed
[Pre-Chorus]
As empty handed leaving as I was when I came
Tiptoeing through the rubble and running through the flames
As empty handed leaving as I was when I came
Tiptoeing through the rubble and running through the flames
As empty handed leaving as I was when I came
Tiptoeing through the rubble and running through the flames
As empty handed leaving as I was when I came
Tiptoeing through the rubble and running through the flames
[Chorus]
I gave you back your power, I gave you back your glory
Well, really, I hadn't noticed
Until I had the power to give it all back
Until I felt the glory when the buildings collapsed
I gave you back your power, I gave you back your glory
Well, really, I hadn't noticed
Until I had the power to give it all back
Until I felt the glory when the buildings collapsed
[Outro]
I gave you back your power, I gave you back your glory
I gave you back your power, I gave you back your glory
I gave you back your power, I gave you back your glory
I gave you back your power, I gave you back your glory
The Power & the Glory was written by Harry McVeigh & Charles Cave & Jack Lawrence-Brown.
The Power & the Glory was produced by Max Dingel & Alan Moulder.
White Lies released The Power & the Glory on Mon Jan 17 2011.