The Empty Dream Machine (feat. Black Thought, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)

Promises

The promises that we make

They clock us in at night

And check us out the next day

Tired but not forever so

The feeling of the day before

Was really much more than anyone could pray for

Empty dream machine without you

Man's in chains

His mind is at war again I fear

Its darkened angels are present here for real

And silenced now by this dread

I thought I'd got my life straight

Thought I'd changed it

But it seems I've just been crawling lately

I've prayed, I've cried

So don't let me fall

I'm a chastened man

And right now

Right now I feel this pain

I feel this transition

But I don't know what to say

Release me now

Empty dream machine without you

Listening to Asha sing Dum Maro Dum

We acquire honor from, if but a modicum

A heart driven by the drum is what I borrow from in the shadowy light of the

Night until tomorrow comes. Protection from clove, cinnamon and

Cardimum

My chalice wasn't masala, it's something harder son

My brainchild went from little one to martyrdom and

Gave the bug to the inspiration he had caught it from

My armor stay wrapped tight like a chrysalis

There's planets in the palm of my hand like it's a callous

On the mountain top is a wonderland like it was Alice

So every blood vessel expands

Forbidden talents. Doing tantric downward

A gold tooth in a trash can was the beginning of me kinda' taking my last

Stand

When I was Wimbledon they tried to swing me the back hand part of the

Pendulum and do me like I'm a black man that's black like spirits black like

Krishna black like a diety that's trapped like a prisoner

It's a wrap like chiba rolled up into the rizla when you're black like Evil Dee

Or black like Sizzla

I need you on my team

I need you on my team

Vision is distorted

I love you in that colour

Floating up above you

Trying to get my dream back

Need you on my team

I need you by my side girl

Need you on my team

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I love you in that colour

Need you on my team girl

Floating up above you

Need you on my team

Need you on my team

Vision is distorted

Need you on my team

Floating up above you

An empty dream machine without you

Need you on my team

I love you in that colour

An empty dream machine without you

Need you on my team

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Floating up above you

Need you on my team

I love you in that colour

Empty dream machine without you