Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) — You Have to Believe That Life is More Than the Sum of its Parts, Kiddo lyrics

Lyrics

oh sure, you can look for reasons
and try to be them, for a while
but you know you can’t be her answer
she was never after truth
will your mother still blame you
if she knew all the words that she said
drove you here
a half a world away
destroying your body
to get back for every word she said
but it won’t change the way she is and it won’t change a thing she did
so calm down
sleep now
forget all the things that she said