作曲 : Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
you carry all your weight
tightly stretched across your face
like evidence or proof that everything aged you
i measured steady breaths
afraid of truth, or of being rebuked
what horrible things cling to you?
i did not expect to get an answer at all
or for you to let your guard down
but either a ghost or a sigh escaped you
your color fled, though your resistance would not be moved
you said
when you have given so much, so little remains
like a wound that will never heal, all that’s left is to wait