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Dear Friend

from My Private Empire by Alchemist

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lyrics

We built a house of straw,

You told me what we were meant for,

We knew it would all fall down,

Everything must die someday.

We built a house of wood,

Filled it with what we could,

We fought off wolves for days,

We thought of countless ways,

To take the cancer of life,

And take back what it used to mean,

And now it seems you've given up,

But you can count on me.

We built a house of gold,

We vowed to call it home,

We said we'd live a thousand years,

We built denial in place of fear.



I cant go on without you,

Don't make me walk this world alone,

Dear Friend these words are all I have,

Don't leave me choking for too long.



Im sitting beside you,

Completely lost for words,

We share a silence,

That yesterday would have made no sense.

We built a house of gold,

We swore to call it home,

We said we'd live a thousand years,

Don't break that promise now,Don't go.



And now all that I really want,

Is another day to spend with you.

No pain, no monitor, Just me, just you.

And if tonight they take you,

The angels did it 'cus they know,

This world was never enough for you,

You're only going home.



I cant go on without you,

Don't make me walk this world alone,

Dear Friend these words are all I have,

Don't leave me choking for too long.



And all I want, Is another day to spend with you.

You're not really dying, you're just going home.



I may not be with you, but you're still here with me, my friend.

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from My Private Empire, released January 20, 2013
Composer: D. Harre/S. Nightingale
Lyricist: D. Harre

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Alchemist Auckland, New Zealand

Alchemist are a 4 piece band from Auckland, NZ that defines themselves by their message, not their genre. Drawing influences from all over the place, Alchemist has a love for all music that inspires and hopes to give something back.

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