The Empress Lyrics - Wilderness - Brett Anderson

Didn't I try 

To love her? 

Didn't I paint 

Pictures of her? 

Didn't I try 

To change? 

I shouldn't have bothered. 

Didn't I buy 

The ocean for her? 

Didn't I wear 

The colour (?) 

Didn't I feel 

The wind? 

Didn't I plead? 

She is strange 

And sorrow. 

She is 

Like cherry blossom. 

She is 

The Empress. 

Didn't I kneel 

Before her? 

Didn't I follow 

Her orders? 

Didn't I clean 

Her shit? 

Didn't I fall? 

Didn't I climb 

The ladder? 

Didn't I smile 

For the cameras? 

Didn't I feel 

The wind? 

Didn't I plead? (? bleed) 

She is strange 

And sorrow. 

She is 

Like cherry blossom. 

She is 

The Empress. 

She is strange 

And sorrow. 

With lips 

Like cherry blossom. 

She is 

The Empress.