Empress from Hourglass Figure by Children Having Children

Sun sinks behind the mountaintop
And eventually the curtains drop
Down here on the valley floor
To surrender when the soul is sore
Out there in the aftermath
I'm still startled by my latent wrath

Everything I fought to keep
Under the dominion's sweep
You cannot awaken those
Who pretend to be asleep

Down here on the bathroom floor
I surrender because my soul is sore
But up there on the fire escape
My authority is taking shape

I could live in infamy
For another century
In the shadow of the empress
At long last come for me

It's just enough to keep me
From diving in too deep
You cannot awaken those
Who pretend to be asleep

The second hand struggle
Will not concede
Ticking away in my hour of need
Time is a bandit
Its constant greed
Keeps ticking away in my hour of need

Up here on the fire escape
My empire is taking shape
Opposite the maiden's blush
The ink is drying on my royal flush
Sun sinks behind the mountaintop
But we're powerless to stop

It's all a lie
But you and I
All a lie that we choose
And all comply
All a lie
Everything that we choose
Cheating God with a prayer

I could live in infamy
For another century
In the shadow of the empress
At long last come for me

It's just enough to keep me
From diving in too deep
You cannot awaken those
Who pretend to be asleep

Sun sinks behind the mountaintop
But we're powerless to stop

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