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Empty Shell

Release date: 20th January 2006

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'Empty Shell' by Cat Power is a 2006 song about heartbreak and being left with the emotional wreckage of love. The lyrics frame a collapse of feeling, where the heart is “crushed”, and shift into a bitter, sleepless loneliness. There is an image of trying to carry on while confronted with a partner’s new involvement, including the humiliating domestic closeness of sitting on someone’s lap, along with the need to pretend and perform normality. The tone is raw and confessional, moving from inward devastation to outward observation of betrayal.

"Empty Shell" is a track by Cat Power, released 20th January 2006. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 8 articles about Cat Power.

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Lyrics

Empty Shell

All that is left is an empty shell

Of my heart that is crushed

I don't never wanna see

What my mind has seen

When you loved me

Every night, every night alone with you

Every night, alone now

When she sits on your lap

Try to pretend to laugh

When she does stupid things

Just like I used to do

Do not hate her

Don't you even try

For to leave her is to love her

The same as you and I

I love you

And I miss you too

I really do love you

And I really do miss you too

But I don't know you

And I don't need you

And I don't want you anymore

Every night, every night alone with you

Every night, alone now

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    Stewart Sikes
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    David Smith
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    Steve Potts
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    Cat Power, Mabon “Teenie” Hodges
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    Cat Power
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    Cat Power, Stewart Sikes
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    Cat Power, Harlan T Bobo, Jonathan Kirkscey
    Violin
    Roy Brewer
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