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Weyes Blood - Children of the Empire (Official Audio)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Weyes Blood
Weyes Blood
Vocals
Kenny Gilmore
Kenny Gilmore
Bass
Drew Erickson
Drew Erickson
Organ
Ben Babbitt
Ben Babbitt
Background Vocals
Jonathan Rado
Jonathan Rado
Synthesizer
Andrew Bulbrook
Andrew Bulbrook
Violin
Andrew Martin
Andrew Martin
Trombone
Blake Cooper
Blake Cooper
Tuba
Brian D'Addario
Brian D'Addario
Guitar
Daniel Fornero
Daniel Fornero
Trumpet
Jacob Braun
Jacob Braun
Cello
Mary Lattimore
Mary Lattimore
Harp
Michael D'Addario
Michael D'Addario
Drums
Wynton Grant
Wynton Grant
Violin
Zach Dellinger
Zach Dellinger
Viola
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Natalie Mering
Natalie Mering
Songwriter
Drew Erickson
Drew Erickson
String Arranger
Ben Babbitt
Ben Babbitt
Vocal Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kenny Gilmore
Kenny Gilmore
Mixing Engineer
Ben Babbitt
Ben Babbitt
Vocal Producer
Jonathan Rado
Jonathan Rado
Producer
Andrew Sarlo
Andrew Sarlo
Engineer
Sean Cook
Sean Cook
Additional Engineer
Chad Gordon
Chad Gordon
Additional Engineer
Rias Reed
Rias Reed
Additional Engineer
Jacob Kell
Jacob Kell
Assistant Strings Engineer
Weyes Blood
Weyes Blood
Producer

Lyrics

Looking like some clear skies Have finally opened up my eyes Living in a lost time The dawning of a brand-new man So much blood on our hands King and queen of being lonely Children of the empire see That we're all lost Comes a cost walking in the labyrinth without love How much can you take? And when are you gonna be okay? Gain control of what we made Instead of being afraid Children of the empire say We're long gone In that eternal flame Trying to break away From the mess we made Oh, we don't have time anymore To be afraid We tend to live long That's why so many things go wrong People selling their young blood I guess that's the price you pay Make desire but no one wins Won't the fire burn us in Before we get a chance to love again? Children understand that they pay for their sins Seize control of what they made Before we all fade away Children of the empire wanna change 'Cause we're long gone In that eternal flame Trying to break away From the mess we made Oh, we don't have time anymore To be afraid, anymore Children of the empire know Know that they're not free even though They wanna be free We know we're not free even though We wanna be free
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