Empire Lyrics





A duet with Benjamin Zephaniah

done on Bob the Bass' album "Clear"



I'm looking at your soul, your soul, your soul, your soul

I'm looking at your future, your future, future, future

As I look into your eyes, these eyes, these eyes, these eyes

I see another side, side, side, side



Vampire, you're(you) feed on the life of a pure heart

Vampire you suck the life of goodness

Vampire, you're(you) feed on the life of a pure heart

Vampire you suck the life of goodness



Turn the lights on

Let the lights shine bright

Turn the lights on

Let the lights shine bright



You've got to feel yourself and let go

You got to know you reap what you sown(sow)

You've got to feel something at sometime



Check the writings on the wall

And look into the sight

You're spending all your money on gare(gear) that never work

you're wasting all your energy and everywhere it hurts

God it really hurts

yes it really hurts

you got to know yourself



Vampire, you're(you) feed on the life of a pure heart

Vampire, you suck the life of goodness

Yes

Vampire, you're(you) feed on the life of a pure heart

Vampire you suck the life of goodness



From now on I'll call you England

From now on I'll call you England

From now on I'll call you England

From now on I'll call you England



See if you spit in the sky

It will fall in your eye

You see what goes up must come down

You will die looking up if you're not looking in

you've got to know yourself



I'm looking at your partners and they would never agree

I'm looking for your justice and it can not be seen

I'm checking where you're coming from and where you're going to

I'm checking all off what you have done to see what you can do

I'm looking at your lawbooks and they were never read

I'm looking at your lovesquire and they can not be thread

I'm looking at your empire living on the drears

You've got to know yourself



Vampire, you're(you) feed on the life of a pure heart

Vampire, you suck the life of goodness

Yes

Vampire, you're(you) feed on the life of a pure heart

Vampire you suck the life of goodness



From now on I'll call you England

Empire fall man, empire go

From now on I'll call you England

There's a lesson to be learned

Why is it that, you must know

From now on I'll call you England

and the rich that you eat is more like food that you fear

From now on I'll call you England

gotta see no love anyway you appear

From now on I'll call you England

you've got to know yourself

from now on I'll call you England

you've got to know yourself