JAKARTA – Big Thief, band eksperimental rock dari Amerika Serikat, kembali memikat pendengar dengan lagu “Vampire Empire” yang dirilis pada 19 Juli 2023 sebagai single dari album mereka yang berjudul “Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You.” Lagu ini telah menjadi salah satu karya terkenal Big Thief dan telah meraih perhatian luas di berbagai platform musik.
“Vampire Empire” adalah sebuah lagu yang menggambarkan perasaan keluar dari pola-pola internal yang toksik dan mencari batasan yang sehat. Dengan melodi yang mendalam dan lirik yang penuh emosi, Big Thief berhasil menciptakan karya yang menyentuh dan menginspirasi1.
[Intro]
G C x4
[Verse 1]
G
Watching TV tired,
C/G
bleeding on the bed
G
The milk has just
expired, all the
C/G
leaves are dead
G
I’m not quiet, you’ve
been quiet — just
C/G
receiving what you
said
G
Reeling, feeding,
feeling filled by
C/G
everything you fed
G
I see you as you see
C/G
yourself through all
the books you read
G
Overwhelmed with guilt
C/G
and realizing the
disease
[Chorus]
G
You give me chills,
C/G
I’ve had it with the
drills
G
I’m nothing, you are
C/G
nothing, we are
nothing with the
pills
G
I’m empty till she
C/G
fills, alive until
she kills
G
In her vampire empire,
C/G
I am
G C/G
Falling, yeah
G C/G
Falling, yeah
[Verse 2]
G
I see you there
C/G
rejecting all
your earthly
power
G
Protecting and
dissecting till
C/G
you’ve emptied
every hour
G
We jump into the pond,
C/G
then we come under
the shower
G
You lay upon my pillow
C/G
and you open like a
flower
G
I wanted to see you
C/G
naked, I wanted to
hear you scream
G
Wanted to kiss your
C/G
skin and your
everything
G
I wanted to be your
C/G
woman, I wanted to
be your man
G
I wanted to be the one
C/G
that you could
understand
[Chorus]
G
You give me chills,
C/G
I’ve had it with the
drills
G
I’m nothing, you are
C/G
nothing, we are
nothing with the
pills
G
I’m empty till she
C/G
fills, alive until
she kills
G
In her vampire empire,
C/G
I am
G C/G
Falling, yeah
G C/G
Falling, yeah
[Bridge]
G C/G
Oh, oh
G C/G
Oh, oh
G C/G
Oh, oh
G C/G
Oh, ah
[Verse 3]
N.C.
N.C.
Well, I’ve walked into
your dagger for the
last time
N.C.
N.C.
It’s like trying to
start a fire with
matches in the snow
N.C.
N.C.
Where you can’t seem
to hold me, can’t seem
to let me go
N.C.
N.C.
So I can’t find
surrender and I can’t
keep control
G
You turn me inside out
C/G
and then you want the
outside in
G
You spin me all
around, then you
C/G
ask me not to
spin
G
You say you want to be
C/G
alone and you want
children
G
You wanna be with me,
C/G
you wanna be with
him
[Chorus]
G
You give me chills,
C/G
I’ve had it with the
drills
G
I’m nothing, you are
C/G
nothing, we are
nothing with the
pills
G
I’m empty till she
C/G
fills, alive until
she kills
G
In her vampire empire,
C/G
I am
G C/G
Falling, yeah
G C/G
Falling, yeah
G C/G
Falling, yeah
G C/G
Falling, yeah
G C/G
Falling, yeah
G C/G
Falling, yeah