empire in my mind

There is trouble 
In my mind
There is dark
There is dark 
And there is light
Lay your hands 
Over my eyes
As I look deep
Through valleys 
Deep and wide
Across the border line
For the empire in my mind

You are the reason I don't sleep
You are a light
That's breaking through the leaves
You know how hard I try
To believe
I have something 
Good inside
Over barricades I climb
For the the empire in my mind

I have known love 
Somewhere in time
I've been lifted up
I've looked honor 
In the eyes
I have no reason
I have no rhyme
I cannot deny
There's a darkness
That's inside
I am guilty 
By design
And now I realize
That temptation's 
Made me blind
To the empire in my mind

There is no order
There is chaos 
And there is crime
There is no one home tonight
In the empire in my mind

There is no distance
That I don't see
I do have a will
No limit to my reach
I wish I would
I wish I might
See a line tonight
Separating wrong from right
Some are only born to try
And maybe that's the reason why
I'm afraid someday I'll find
There is no empire in my mind

There is trouble in my mind

Words and Music by Jakob Dylan
(p) & (c) 2002 Interscope Records

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