Vampire Empire - Big Thief

[ashskelington]

God I love when songs have that surprising high pitched breathy note it’s so comforting and raw

[mushroomsangels]

oh to be a rotting corpse in an abandoned cabin in the middle of the woods with this song somehow playing over and over from a faulty old radio

[StrwBrry_Jms]

"You spin me all around and then you ask me not to spin" is when they turn you into someone you hate and hate who they turned you into

[theoneandonly]

I love how this song chooses to say “we’re nothing with the pills” instead of the opposite, because this suggests our narrator is acutely aware of her possibilities and potential when sober, but is compelled to continue using because of the little highs that come when she uses. This is a microcosm of her relationship to a partner who she feels she is bound to despite their abusive relationship. “I’m the fish and she’s my gills” implies a relationship that is infinitely co dependent, which is horrible considering the following revelation of emotional abuse and manipulation. I really like this song btw

[JorieTheStar]

"I see you as you see yourself through all the books you read" SO GOOD

[shoot]

the perfect poetic and verbal form of emotionally abusive / toxic relationships. Applying this song to my life just makes me realise and hold an understanding of all the fucked up shit I've felt / witnessed. I adore it.

[ConnerzPalace]

Forever listening to this version amen

[gabrielle]

this version will always be better than the spotify version idc. its sm more raw and emotional, i'll love this version forever

[ashlynxlover]

I wanted to be your women. I wanted to be your man. I wanted to be the one that you could understand.

[Alliasvoiceacting]

this song makes me feel so empty and hollow but full and filled at the same time. it sounds like pure pain and emotion, because the voice is coming from the gut.

[iwachan]

[Verse 1]
Watching TV tired, bleeding on the bed
The milk has just expired, all the leaves are dead
I'm not quiet, you've been quiet, just receiving what you said
Reeling feeding feeling filled by everything you fed
I see you as you see yourself through all the books you read
Overwhelmed with guilt and realising the disease

[Chorus]
You give me chills
I've had it with the drills
I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills
I am empty 'til she fills
Alive until she kills
In her vampire empire,  I'm the fish and she's my gills
[Post-Chorus]
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah

[Verse 2]
I see you there rejecting all your earthly power
Protecting and dissecting 'til you've emptied every hour
We jumped into the pond and then come under the shower
We lay upon my pillow and you open like a flower
I wanted to see you naked, I wanted to hear you scream
I wanted to kiss your skin and your everything
I wanted to be your woman, I wanted to be your man
I wanted to be the one that you could understand

[Chorus]
You give me chills
I've had it with the drills
I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills
I am empty 'til she fills
Alive until she kills
I’m her vampire empire, I'm the fish and she's my gills

[Post-Chorus]
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah


[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
I walked into your dagger for the last time in a row
It's like trying to start a fire with matches in the snow
Well, you can't seem to hold me here, you can't seem to let me go
So I can't find surrender, can't keep control
You turn me inside out and then you want me outside in
You spin me all around and then you ask me not to spin
You say you want to be alone and then you want children
You wanna be with me, you wanna be with him

[Chorus]
You give me chills
I've had it with the drills
I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills
I am empty 'til she fills
Alive until she kills
In her vampire empire, I'm the fish and she's my gills

[Post-Chorus]
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah [scream]

[xei]

I apologize for the person i become once this drops on Spotify

[somethingsunnyyy]

one of the things i love so much about this song is that it can be taken to so many perspectives. there can be people that take it as relationships, parental issues, expectations, etc

[carlgrimes]

This song is all I can listen to. It's been on loop for days 😭

[severelyconfused]

me imagining the most gutwrenching, bloodcurdling, heartbreaking animatics with my ocs that fits this song perfectly

[_mdi_]

I’ve watched this 17 times in the last 3 days, this song makes me wanna rip my bones out in a good way

[Chryzalizz]

mfw i see y’all guys coming back after the official release

[annabelleharper]

i saw this live and screamed and cried. this was probably the last time me and my ex girlfriend were happy together in a way. i love this song with my whole heart and it holds so much for me

[Andyyy]

this song has me rocking back and fourth in a fetal position

[crustyboogers]

this song makes me feel like being lost is where i'm supposed to be and it's been such a comfort lately