Big Thief - Vampire Empire (Lyric Video)
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2023
- 'Vampire Empire' by Big Thief, out now: bigthief.ffm.to/vampireempire
7" will be released October 20th, available to pre-order now: bigthief.ffm.to/vampireempire
Lyrics:
Watching TV tired, bleeding on the bed
The milk has just expired, all the leaves are dead
I’m not quiet, you’ve been quiet, just receiving what you said
Reeling, feeding, feeling filled by everything you fed
I see you as you see yourself through all the books you read
Overwhelmed with guilt and realizing the disease
You give me chills
I’ve had it with the drills
I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills
I am empty ‘til she fills
Alive until she kills
In her vampire empire I am
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
I see you there rejecting all your earthly power
Protecting and dissecting ‘til you’ve emptied every hour
We jump into the pond then we come under the shower
You lay upon my pillow and you open like a flower
I wanted to see you naked, I wanted to hear you scream
Wanted to kiss your skin and your everything
I wanted to be your woman, I wanted to be your man
I wanted to be the one that you could understand
You give me chills
I’ve had it with the drills
I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills
I am empty ‘til she fills
Alive until she kills
In her vampire empire I am
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
Well, I walked into your dagger for the last time
It’s like trying to start a fire with matches in the snow
Where You can’t seem to hold me, can’t seem to let me go
So I can’t find surrender, and I can’t keep control
You turn me inside out and then you want the outside in
You spin me all around and then you ask me not to spin
You say you wanna be alone and you want children
You wanna be with me, you wanna be with him
You give me chills
I’ve had it with the drills
I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills
I am empty ‘til she fills
Alive until she kills
In her vampire empire I am
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
"it's uncomfortable!" "there's too many wired moments" THATS THE PONT
What minute?
Pont
Wired
Me when there’s wired moments 😔
ctommy pfp :D
what business does obama have listening to this
RIGHT
?
is he okay ?😢
How do we know Obama listened to this? What am I missing?
@@DngrDani think he either posted a playlist or his spotify wrapped
"I see you as you see yourself through all the books you read", bro casually dropped the most jaw wrenching line like tf
What does It mean
She sees them for what they want to be seen as, something that we all yearn for.. someone to see all our interests and passions and see them as reflections of ourselves
@@adrianhebrerosskibidi dop dop dip yes yes Ohio gyatt but the rizzler isn’t baby gronking
@@MasqueradeGoblin what💀
@@TR1PPYH1PPIE you’re clearly not a rizzler in ohio
Damn Mr President, who hurt you?
FR 😭😭
Fr
wait why is everyone talking about obama what does he have to do with this
@@insaneobjectshowfan Obama posted a list of songs he liked from 2023 and this was on the list
@@DWEGOON ohhh ok thanks!
you definitely don’t get to hear the anger in the live version love this one
Were u at the Northampton show?
Realll
This just sounds sad
Im Positive Nanjing Monkey! Im a fish tooIm Positive Nanjing Monkey!
It’s amazing
I love both versions, but this one really hits the spot IMO. The lyric changes had meaning, I'm sure (to me they really do. It's a lot more polished, there's meaning). The vocals stand out more. There's a lot more power behind this. They did amazing.
If y'all don't like it, go listen to the other one. It's still up.
right i felt like the original was overstimulating and a little too chaotic
what i’ve noticed is this:
when the demo said “i’ve walked into your dagger for the last time in a row, something something something in the snow”, the rhyme between row and snow is very clearly telegraphed. it’s a good lyric, but it’s a little predictable. but not having that rhyme and having adrienne talk about the snow out of nowhere puts more magic in the metaphor, because instead of adrienne looking for a word that rhymes with row, she’s making an earnest comparison to snow that isn’t telegraphed clearly. idk, i like both but there’s some real heart in this one
@@clam6254
I think that removing the “in a row” really showed that it was the LAST TIME,no more row
@@moccea6012 i do get the appeal of “the last time in a row” though. cause it’s like, she’s saying it’s the last time but she’s also saying she’s done it over and over and over. it’s like she’s saying “i’ll quit this time i promise even though im addicted”. it’s clever, i just think the rhyme is too obvious
this one isnt bad but i definitely like the demo better - i guess i just wish that option was on streaming services too!
I will never understand the hate that the official release has received. I would listen to this over the demo all day long, this song will be a hard one to get out of my head. I feel like you can hear every emotion so clearly and upfront. Love this band!
Hey you might enjoy a band called the Doublejumps if you like Big Thief. Im a bit biased cuz its my brothers band lol but they really are great!!
@@grabgrabgrabthegrab ill take a listen!
@@grabgrabgrabthegrab i lowkey am gonna check em out
@@grabgrabgrabthegrabi know this wasn't for me but i just followed them :D
people are literally spinning them all around and asking them not to spin
"YOU TURN ME INSIDE OUT AND THEN YOU WANT ME OUTSIDE IN"
“YOU SPIN ME ALL AROUND AND THEN YOU ASK ME NOT TO SPIN!!!” 🤭🤭🤭😧😧😧
"YOU SAY YOU WANT TO BE ALONE AND YOU WANT CHILDREN"
“YOU WANNA BE WITH ME, YOU WANNA BE WITH HIM”
@@cheesecrackerconsumer2766 I like your profile picture
I’ll definitely miss “I’m the fish and she’s my gills” but the song is beautiful! So happy it’s finally out.
that part was so clunky, cumbersome. im glad its gone.
I'm saying this as somebody who didn't hear this song before the full release, and who has been looping this version for hours, and I do think that the fish and gills line is a cute line, but I love how it sort of smooths out the whole set of rhyme there when it drops the rhyming and leaves that line out. It feels so smooth suddenly, after building, which feels like emotions are flowing.
Of course it's all about personal preference!
@@throwaway1154 i think the line itself was fine but it definitely messed up the flow into the chorus
Yeah why is that gone??
@@throwaway1154 honestly same
Adrianne Lenker just fascinates me. I feel like she has all the answers, but she'll only share them in riddles.
STOPPP UR SO REAL
Like this isn’t her first time on earth
@@HopelessNecromancer Exactly!
outstanding way of describing her
This is typical of prophecy
i’m sad the “i’m the fish and she’s my gills” and the guitar solo was taken out in this version but i’m so glad vampire empire is finally released!!
i would rather them have never released it than ruined it like this…
@@mkdodson "Ruined" seems a bit of an overreaction
@@Mwstmrlnd For sure. I mean, it's their song; they can do whatever they want with it!
@@mkdodsonyou’ll learn quick to stop falling in love with the demo/live takes
*thinks wistfully about Spud Infinity*
i like it better with “i’m the fish and she’s my gills” taken out but i do miss the guitar solo
I wanted to be your women, i wanted to be your man, i wanted to be the one that you could understand🗣🗣🗣🗣‼️‼️🔥🔥
🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯
OMG MAN I ACCIDENTALY REPLIED TO THIS COOMENT IM SORRY LOL😊
WHAT THE HELL I ACCIDENTALY 0UT A EMOJI TOO
@@chomik_plOH LORD I ACCIDENTALLY "YOU SAID YOU WANT TO BE ALONE AND YOU WANT CHILDREN 👺👹👹👹👹"ED YOU AS WELL
the anger and frustration hits harder in this version, and i LOVE IT SO MUCH
2:24 THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED
RIGHTT like goosebumps
this song is all i’ve been thinking about for months
You must have a great life lol
@@jimshelley8831 npc
This song is how it feels to be hurt by someone but still crave their touch
Hot take: "I'm the fish and she's my gills" part just had to go to make this song whole. This version has more rage and this passionate energy which i absolutely love
agreesd
I do NOT understand the drama over the demo and final version, this is SO much better?? Vocals, energy, tone, everythings so improved??? I like how the tossed lines sounded but they no longer match as well, they're not needed, this is fantastic
People just get attached to the first version they hear.
real
I never realized how much pain my relationship is causing me until i listened to this song and realized how much i relate to it, he doesn't hold me but never lets me go, he changed me and then wanted me to be like before, he turned my whole world around but told me to stop feeling so much, he wants to be alone but doesn't want me to go away, He ignores me completely every single day but I can't do the same, I'm in pain, I'm living a nightmare, I'm with a man that maybe once loved me but doesn't act like he does, i feel like in every word and detail i put my whole heart yet his constant ghosting and stoicism makes me feel like I'll never be enough... And the worst part is that i love him, i don't want to leave because i still hope and pray for the day he treats me with the love i treat him. This song helped me realize how delusional i sound
I had the same relationship dynamic its just swapped genders. I cut it off two days ago and I sent this large paragraph and her response was "K".
Great person I thought
@@lunalastname9453 ur so strong, I'm not capable of leaving him, I'm weak and i feel like i deserve this treatment sometimes, finally i have him sleeping beside me and i still feel like I'm so far away. I'm so glad you got away from that, i hope NOBODY ever makes you feel that way again
@@undoxxbruh9804 ur super strong for dealing with that too and still dealing with it. I personally tried to speak up to my gf about this issue and yet nothing changed and I just had to break it. We live separately but since school is starting soon and today was the get your stuff day, I saw her glaring at me from across the gym. Me n her share no classes so that's an upside.
But I still give props to your for dealing with it, going with it, although it's so wrong and the wrong choice your so so strong for enduring it. In my honest opinion you should think out and write down some way to tell him that he needs to do better subtly or to just cut them off. It's better to be held and for them to never let go, than it is to not be held but to never let go.
I believe in you!
@@undoxxbruh9804no one should make u feel that way either. it’s hard but you can leave one day it is so possible and you don’t deserve that at all. i understand how it feels to wish for someone to maybe decide to treat you right because they used to. or maybe because it’s good for a a day or two or they buy you something or apologize so you forgive. but it’s a nasty cycle that isn’t going to stop. you can’t let him keep draining you like a vampire, you deserve to be a free bird soaring in the sky. you deserve love and kindness and gentleness 🫶 it’s out there waiting for you with open arms
A bit late to reply, but I've been there. All the things you said in this comment, I can 100% relate. She did the same to me... And till the last minute I hoped she would show me I was wrong and that the wait was worth it; But it was not, I ended up seeing how messed up and hurt I was for trying so much.. Then I had to leave and she blamed me, saying I was abandoning her, but, she abandoned me first a long time ago
I hope you get well, I hope things get fixed between you two!! And hope that, if he's not the one, you realize it and can take the steps to change things, always love yourself first.
Heheh, I love how much more emotional impact the final version has, absolutely incredible you guys are the best.
tf you exist outside your own channel
@@davrog9578 The revelation of being has destroyed the fantasy... I do exist... I am human...
🫵 CONTAINMENT HAS BEEN BREACHED !!!!
This version is so much better!! I love how it sounds and when it says “cant keep control” it slowly turns into this big thing of rage!! I dont understand how people couldnt have liked this, it doesnt matter if some lyrics were removed and the flute was because this is still an amazing song. People just need to learn that demos will most definitely be different than the released version!! This is one of my favorite songs and adrianne is the best
I mean not everyone likes the same thing, I can understand why people are upset about the lyric change
i understand obama
Same
Obama is kinda caked up
@@MasqueradeGoblinreal🦶🏻
i'm going to be 100 percent more insufferable now that this is out
i literally just sent this to 3 friends and was like "oh god I'm too much"
so painfully real
I can’t stop thinking of the “eyeh ere serrender eresinstraih enteroris ensesn eresendede”
that audio lives rent free in my head
Gnarp
Oh and we are talking about the one used by Nyoomian right? For the interpretation of shadows?
@@LlLF0X Idk
@@LlLF0XYes, they used that same audio. I’m glad I found a fellow fan!!
Vampire Empire
Big Thief
Watching TV tired, bleeding on the bed
The milk has just expired, all the leaves are dead
I'm not quiet, you've been quiet, just receiving what you said
Reeling, feeding, feeling, filled by everything you fed
I see you as you see yourself through all the books you read
Overwhelmed with guilt and realising the disease
You give me chills
I've had it with the drills
I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills
I am empty till she fills
Alive until she kills
In her vampire empire, I am
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
I see you there, rejecting all your earthly power
Protecting and dissecting till you've emptied every hour
We jumped into the pond and then come under the shower
We lay upon my pillow and you open like a flower
I wanted to see you naked, I wanted to hear you scream
I wanted to kiss your skin and your everything
I wanted to be your woman, I wanted to be your man
I wanted to be the one that you could understand
You give me chills
I've had it with the drills
I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills
I am empty till she fills
Alive until she kills
In her vampire empire, I am
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
Well, I walked into your dagger for the last time in a row
It's like trying to start a fire with matches in the snow
Where you can't seem to hold me, you can't seem to let me go
So I can't find surrender and I can't keep control
You turn me inside out, and then you want me outside in
You spin me all around, and then you ask me not to spin
You say you want to be alone and then you want children
You wanna be with me, you wanna be with him
You give me chills
I've had it with the drills
I am nothing, you are nothing, we are nothing with the pills
I am empty till she fills
Alive until she kills
In her vampire empire, I am
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
Falling, yeah
When somone says there ok but this is on their playlist
REAL
Like the lyrics are mid but like the whole feel of the song is just- and the lyrics are a bit.. yk, too
@@StarSneezletf you mean lyrics are mid
It's on my playlist, and I'm fine? The song is good.
SUPER miss the “last time in a row” bit but like. god this scratches the brain
They do say last time in a row
@@AndyVazelthey say last time but not in a row
i think the Colbert version will stand on its own for a lot of fans as the definitive version of this track (the flute!) so i like that, rather than try and replicate the TV performance, Big Thief recorded it with a different interpretation. the best group working right now by a long shot!
Reminds me a lot of Radiohead around In Rainbows. Lots of great and valid variants.
2:05 I AM LITERALLY OBSESSED WITH THIS PART
2:26 AND I LOVEE HOW THE SCREAMING SOUNDS IDK WHY THOUGH
Now THIS is every saphic relationship
love or hate this version, you have to admit the vocals at 2:26 are undeniably impressive.
Love it!❤
The shitty screaming? The fuck are you smoking?
@@succlord3098you honestly try to do that in key man
fr
I get the cranberries vibes from you guys, absolutely fucking looooove this song and its sound
I’m so happy in 2023 we still get music like this, so emotional and incredible just wow
Also LOVE the live/demo too
So great
Hey you might enjoy a band called the Doublejumps if you like Big Thief. Im a bit biased cuz its my brothers band lol but they really are great!!
If you reference The Cranberries, it's spelled "FOOKING".
I THOUGHT OF THE CRANBERRIES IMMEDIATELY WHEN I SAW THIS, THATS SO COOL IM NOT THE ONLY ONE
Mouth gaping jaw to the floor tears in my eyes puking clawing at the walls peeing my pants. This song is so good
Jesus Christ this song is so emotional. I listened to it for the first time after all the weird drama around it and literally cried a bit. I don’t personally relate but I just heard the beautiful mix of frustration and sadness and it got some tears out of me
Drama?
@@lovej.a.e6750lots of ppl from tiktok were mad about the lyric changes and instrumental changes - i had no idea there was even drama about this until today. personally, i like the studio version alot because it sounds more polished but alot of ppl on tiktok are complaining it sounds bad
Yall need to stop complaining omfg 💀 the demo is on UA-cam, just listen to that instead of bitching about your song being “ruined”
THIS ^^
Such a raw and unique song. Takes a little getting used to, but I'm in!
Hey you might enjoy a band called the Doublejumps if you like Big Thief. Im a bit biased cuz its my brothers band lol but they really are great!!
@@grabgrabgrabthegrab yo their band sounds sick
That's some pretty powerful lyrics there. That's what makes it worth listening to over and over and over and it doesn't get old.
Obama was going through it
I think this version is perfect. It’s gut wrenching. And beautiful. They could literally sing any of their songs any way they wanted to and I would still eat it up. I’m so obsessed with their sound and the actual poetry in their lyrics. You guys are incredible artists! Thank you so much for sharing your music with us!!❤❤❤
can't imagine Obama listening to this
I can
I do
i will now have this on repeat for days
Love the melancholy I feel in this version. The demo definitely was good but this just expresses how numbnesss feels
I like this song alot :) the portions missing the live version's lyrics make me feel like I'm part of a bittersweet inside joke.
first time discovering this band and i already love it!
Mary by big thief is also really goodddd its what introduced me to Big Thief
@@renm9596some of my favorites are certainty and humans
@@ashypoo1234 ill listen laterrr
this song makes me feel a feeling no song ever has. i feel chills all over my body and its like im levitating. i really can feel the emotions in this song, especially as an empath. i love the lyric changes and even though the demo will always be my favorite, this one is way better. I love the way the singer says "nothing." it scratches my brain in the right way. I also love the vocal parts with the ahhhs. And the anger in her voice with "you wanna be with me" is so spine tickling. and I love the little riff in the "you spin me all around". This song is just amazing and a blessing.
THIS IS WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY I HAVE STRONG EMOTIONS. I CAN SCREAM TO THIS WITH OUT FEELING LIKE I AM THE ONE IN THE WRONG!!!
i never really minded the "im the fish and shes my gills", but im deffo gonna miss "well i walked into your dagger, for the last time *in a row*". both versions are great, especially how well the emotions are put into this one but im js gonna miss the 3 words lol
Hey you might enjoy a band called the Doublejumps if you like Big Thief. Im a bit biased cuz its my brothers band lol but they really are great!!
@@grabgrabgrabthegrab oh ill make sure to check them out! :)
@@grabgrabgrabthegrab yo i just checked them out and oh my god, theyre so good!!
i feel the same way, it almost seems a little silly to prefer the demo on just because of three missing words but it just rolls so much better with them
I love this sm it's even better than the live version because here you can hear all the anger and the sadness in these lines
"I am nothing you are nothing we are nothing with the pills"
the cut my fav lyric 😭 the live has so much more flavour imo
Same. I will listen to live version... only.
im so in love with this version. but, i dont think you can have the release without the demo, or vice versa. i admit, the demo is more appealing to the ears with the flute in the back. but i think the two versions have two different meanings. the demo is about being IN a bad relationship, and the release is about finally ENDING it. "im the fish and shes my gills" means SHE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT HER. but in the release, she is accepting the fact that she cant go on like that anymore, because she's always been "empty till she fills, alive until she kills". she's addicted to her in the demo, but shes ending it in the release. she can finally live without her, the abuser is no longer her gills. she is done "walking through her dagger" over and over. no more "rows" or "in a row". its over. shes done. it is THE *LAST TIME*. instead of sounding sad, and lonely, and craving for her abuser to just love her the right way like she did in the demo, she is now angry, and exhausted, and she screaming about how she is "falling" out of the relationship, she snapped and she cant deal with her anymore. the flute's absence shows the absence of admiration or care for her abuser because she doesnt wanna keep the relationship going, she wants to leave.
yes, the demo is objectively better, but the release is more powerful, and meaningful. and we need them both together.
i love vampire empire sm, its so well written in BOTH versions. Big Theif did an amazing job. hats off to them.
this is absolutely beautiful and totally underrated
im so happy this song is out but I wish it sounded more similar to the one on the late show with stephen colbert
As much as I love the live version I still think this one is just as great! As much as I'll miss "I'm the fish and she's my gills" this is still amazing!!! I love the anger in the singers voice as well
The laid back bass part on this is so perfect. I've listened eight times since I found this song.
can we talk about how the way she sings falling literally feels like falling......... this is so artistic im in love
i adore this band so much; y'all's artistry is incomparable to nearly every other artist i listen; thank you so much your music
I’m so glad that atleast this comment section is appreciating this song. Literally everyone is hating on this version on tiktok, which I don’t understand. I just think it’s so disrespectful towards them. This version is so great!
"You turn me inside out, then you want the outside in. You spin me all around, then you tell me not to spin" it feels like being autisic.
At first It took me awhile to adjust but now I absolutely adore what you've done, I've spent hours replaying this specific song and analyzing each lyric
The underlying metaphors of that honest and frantic feeling of addiction is so beautiful here. I can hear how much that relationship is pulling and taking. Such a release. Art.
This song exactily describes my abusive relationship. Literally every single lyric, except the pills. It's almost scary. I escaped 3 months ago. Ten years of my life gone. It gets better y'all.
Hey past Jenean. About 6 months now. You're doing both better and worse. Take each day as it comes. 💜
This is my time capsule to myself.
I’ll come back in a year or so to update!
I’m 21, I hope to leave my shit hole of a town within a year. I have very few friends but I’m thriving. I have an appointment coming up that will change my life. Until then!
I haven’t gotten chills from a song in a while but this one did it
A genuinely beautiful song, only one of 2 songs to make me cry listening to it for the first couple of times.
This song gives me chills. This is perfection.
Words can’t explain how much i love this song
GOTTDAYUMMMM! How do they do it time and time again? The chills for sure.
I'm not quiet you have been quiet just receiving what you said was the most relatable part
toujours cette voix cette présence cette vibration ...masterclass
"YOU SPIN ME ALL AROUND AND THEN ASK ME NOT TO SPIN"!
Genuinely how the hell can someone sing with SO much emotion?? This is so impressive!
I do not understand people who set their expectations for a song based on an unfinished version (which changed every single time they played it), and then believe they are entitled to artists molding their own music around what they wanted it sound like
Fun fact: This is a wlw song!!
all the dislikers are SO entitled. yall are tiktok fans
I love the sound but I’m kinda sad some lyrics are removed
heard this on the radio while driving home from work the other day . i was like . what in the heck is this ?? . liked it right away
I'm so happy I learned about this group! They're so good! ❤️
Its ok obama i understand
WHY IS EVEYRONE ESATALKING ABOUT OBAMA WHAT DID THIS MAN DO WITH THIS SONG /GENQ😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@vinndenix7195 Obama put this song in his most listened to songs this year
@@vinndenix7195LMAO OBAMA HAD THIS IN HIS TOP SPOTIFY SONGS SOMEHOW!!! He’s so real for that I love this song
Obama kinda fine ngl
@@user-qn2ey6gk4m 😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨
This song is so beautiful. It’s not often these days that new music gives me goosebumps but this one did it. This is fucking emotion. This is fucking music.
People making a big deal out of the change needs to get OVER IT. This version is beautiful, have more respect, compassion and kindness for artists!
hell yeah
Jesus christ, every time I hear a new song from them it gives me chills
"U give me chills. I had it with the drills"
god i love this song so much (i’m sobbing)
amazing vocal delivery, what a wonnderful song :)
I have never clicked on a video more violentely and desperately than when i saw this pop up in my feed just now, thank you
intro is beautiful and gosh I'll never get tired of adrianne raging!!❤️
You earned my heart, as it broke out into pieces listening...❤
Such music is rare these days.....thankyou...
I LOVE THIS SONG SM.
I have been listening to this for hours. thank you.
I love how much more raw and aggressive their newer stuff is
YESSS❤❤ favorite song for the past few weeks already
te amo Big Thief. Eres grande Adrianne Lenker
Idk what everyone else is on about the studio version is just as good just a different flavor🖤 love y’all!!! Keep the awesome music making going😘😘😘😘😘
Hey you might enjoy a band called the Doublejumps if you like Big Thief. Im a bit biased cuz its my brothers band lol but they really are great!!
love this song. It’s been on repeat for weeks now.
ever since this song came out ive been unstoppable
The angriness on "You spin me all around, then you ask me not to spin?!?!" hits so much harder on this version, this one is so much more desperate, but theyre both so good imo
This is my first time coming across any of their music and this feels so Fiona apple I’m so in love how have I never heard this before
this is incredible, been listening to it on loop. cried twice
i love this version it just feels so empty without the "in a row" because row ryhmes with snow and i just love how it sounds but i love this ver too
Wow, this is so fucking good! I typically prefer live performances, but the clarity of the album version makes it so much better
after waiting for this for MONTHS it’s FINALLY here