Patrick Wolf

Empress

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empress of this glorious feeling
your palace above me
i journey to give me
until you found power
i thought we were always us
us forever this fire forever.
i journey through forest and concrete
i never stop never sleep without you far
sweet fire coming through
i didn't feel you slip away into the night
to hunt the crown and the glory
put i saw it all
how could i have let you slip right from these arms that hunt for you?
how could i have let you slip right from me into that dark lagoon?
my empress my empress
i'm coming down for you

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mopnugget On Sep 23, 2004

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2004-09-23 08:32:43

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by slinkstersars

21y ago

this song. is so. oh my. oh my. only patrick wolf would refer to someone as his empress. sigh..

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by the_ocean

20y ago

starra, youre my empress.

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by rockout

20y ago

i have to agree. this song is quite magical. it reminds me so much of bjork though.

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by Imber

20y ago

My theory is that this song is about the woman who is "basically my soulmate", Bishi.

They've known each other since about the age of 11, but had a terrible falling out within the last few years.

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by Imber

20y ago

P.S. http://www.myspace.com/bishimusic :]

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by fernandobot

19y ago

best song ever.

end.

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by chocodash

19y ago

I love this song so much.

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by alysiabfk

19y ago

this is a beautiful song, it was the first one i've ever heard by him, and it is one of my favorites:)

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by CúBú

19y ago

this song + the way patrick sings it could actually turn me gay, im getting quite worried about myself lol

but onto the meaning yeh imber your most probably right, no deeper meaning, just basically about a really close friend and a fall out over something

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by abolishconfusion

18y ago

this, i believe, is one of the very first Patrick Wolf songs that i heard. I fell in love immediately. joy!

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