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Empty Handed (Album Version)

from Monsters by Empathy Test

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Empty Handed was originally released as a single in June 2019, along with b-side, A River Loves a Stone. This is the remixed album version featuring acoustic drums performed by live drummer Christina Lopez.

lyrics

My heart is an empty vessel
Drifting out to sea
I try my best to be
What you want me to be.

You can try and help me
You could drown me gently
You could tell me all of the things that
I want you to say

And you
You could walk away
Empty handed.

I hear running water
Hear you knocking on the door.
I spent an hour or more
Just lying on the bathroom floor.

You can try and help me
You could drown me gently
You could tell me all of the things that
I want you to say

And you
You could walk away
Empty handed

The wave that came has broken
And the void has swallowed me
A door before me stands ajar
I thought I'd run but I'm not free.

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from Monsters, released May 22, 2020
Isaac Howlett, Adam Relf

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Empathy Test London, UK

London (UK) based electronic pop group. As heard on MTV Catfish, Luis Miguel on Netflix, KCRW, BBC Introducing, Clash, Idolator, Line of Best Fit, Earmilk, PopMatters and many more.

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