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Metric

Empty

Release date: 3rd October 2005

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About This Track

'Empty' by Metric is a rock track from the album 'Live It Out' (2005). The lyrics circle a sense of entrapment, insisting there is no way out except surrender, with a repeated refrain of “give in”. The song also shifts into a tense, watchful domestic scene, where one person stays awake while another lies down, and the quiet is punctured by a closing ask.

"Empty" is a single by Metric, from the album Live It Out, released 3rd October 2005. The track is 5:55 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Metric.

About the Artist

Metric

Metric

Lyrics

Empty

There was no way out
The only way out was to give in
When there's no way out
The only way out is to give in
How I love to
How I love to
How I love to give in
Here, no one sleeps
One lays up while the other lies down
Where no one sleeps
One lays up while the other lies down
Ask the line on your face
What the line on your hand meant
We, we couldn't see what was coming
Shake your head, it's empty
Shake your hips, move your feet
Shake your head, it's empty
Shake your hips, move your feet
Shake your head, it's empty
Shake your head, it's empty
Shake your head, it's empty
Shake your head, it's empty
I'm so glad that I'm an island
I'm so glad that I'm an island
I'm so glad that I'm an island now
Ba, ba, da, da
Ba, ba, da, da
Ba, ba, da, da
Ba, ba, da, da
Ba, ba, da, da
Ba, ba, da, da
Sickness was fixing me some
Coughed out my heart in the last stall
Now that the damage is done
I never miss it at all

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Track details

From Live It Out

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4th October 2005
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  1. 1Empty
    5:55
  2. 2Glass Ceiling
    3:56
  3. 3Handshakes
    3:06
  4. 4Too Little Too Late
    4:22

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