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Snow Patrol – Fallen Empires (2011) | Track profile | Dork

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Fallen Empires

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Fallen Empires

Release date: 2011

From Fallen Empires

Track 6

5:20

Alternative Music Rock Adult Alternative

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"Fallen Empires" is a track by Snow Patrol, from the album Fallen Empires, released 2011. The track is 5:20 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Snow Patrol.

About the Artist

Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol

Lyrics

Fallen Empires

You called my name in the dark
Called me back to the start
The condensation is building tension

Stubborn silence is formed
Around our bodies it's warm
The cool wet grasses as summer passes

Frightened under attack
Fallen flat on my back
Arms and legs I'm too scared to beg

Harm me most when it's light
Thought of you don't sit right
I need the darkness a desperate embrace

Razing cities to dust
Faces dripping in lust
Fallen empires and raging bushfires

All your words confounded
Secret lives bound in bed
Living backwards and tangled back words

Ruined everything right
So good can't see the light
From my cave I can see the wave
Fallen empires and raging bushfires

We are the light
We are the light
We are the light
We are the light
We are the light
We are the light
We are the light
We are the light
We are the light
We are the light
We are the light
We are the light
We are the light...

(Run to the fire)
(Run to the fire)
(Run to the fire)
(Run to the fire)
(Run to the fire)
(Run to the fire)

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Track details

From Fallen Empires

5:202011

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Album

Track number

6

Release year

2011

1I'll Never Let Go
4:44
2Called Out In the Dark
4:01
3The Weight of Love
4:17
4This Isn't Everything You Are

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5The Garden Rules

6Fallen Empires

5:20

11Those Distant Bells

13The President

14Broken Bottles Form a Star (Prelude)

—Called Out In The Dark

—Those Distant Bells

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—The Symphony

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—The Weight Of Love

Credits

Production & Engineering

Producer: Jacknife Lee
Guitar: Jacknife Lee
Keyboards: Jacknife Lee
Vocals: Foy Vance, Lissie
Choir: The Friends Choir
Programmer: Jacknife Lee
Violin: Eric Gorfain