The Empress Songtext
von Brett Anderson

Didn′t I try
To love her?
Didn't I paint
Pictures of her?
Didn′t I try
To change?
I shouldn't have bothered.

Didn't I buy
The ocean for her?
Didn′t I wear
The colour (?)
Didn′t I feel
The wind?
Didn't I plead?


She is strange
And sorrow.
She is
Like cherry blossom.
She is
The Empress.

Didn′t I kneel
Before her?
Didn't I follow
Her orders?
Didn′t I clean
Her shit?
Didn't I fall?

Didn′t I climb
The ladder?
Didn't I smile
For the cameras?
Didn't I feel
The wind?
Didn′t I plead? (? bleed)


She is strange
And sorrow.
She is
Like cherry blossom.
She is
The Empress.

She is strange
And sorrow.
With lips
Like cherry blossom.
She is
The Empress.