Empire Builder

[Verse 1] This is not an escape But I don't know how to hold somebody Without losing my grip You'll say I was bound to leave Since I first stepped across your borders Since I crawled into your skin [Pre-Chorus] Thought I heard you whisper in the dark That you knew where the light would be Thought I saw your shape against the black Thought I felt you moving beside me [Chorus] We are not alone And we are more alone Than we've ever been So hurry up and lose me Hurry up and find me, again [Verse 2] So I'll pass the lumber mills I'll pass the coal mines and the parks And the dried-up oil fields I'll pass a thousand lonely pines That bend their backs against the sun But I'll mistake the station birds For the sound of my phone ringing [Pre-Chorus] Thought I heard you whisper in the dark That you knew where the light would be Don't wait for me to walk a straight line You can only hold your breath so long [Chorus] We are not alone And we are more alone Than we've ever been So hurry up and lose me Hurry up and find me, again [Bridge] But I am no less bound to you Than when I crossed into your silence When I held your solitude But you never liked it When I'd play dead And you wondered why my love songs Are always the grieving kind Why I wander off to search For my reflection in the crowd Oh, forget I said love And also, don't forget I said love [Chorus] We are not alone And we are more alone Than we've ever been So hurry up and lose me Hurry up and find me again