The Empty Dream Machine

Album: The Mountain (2026)
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  • Promises
    The promises we made
    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

    An empty dream machine without you

    Man's in chains
    His mind's at war again, I feel
    His darken angels
    Are present here for him
    And silence now
    By the strength
    I thought I got my life straight
    I thought I changed it
    But it seems
    I've been crawling lately
    I prayed, I cried, don't let me fall
    I'm a chaser man, right now
    Right now, I feel this pain
    I feel this transition
    But I don't know what to say
    Release me now

    An empty dream machine without you

    Listenin' 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 lights of the night until tomorrow come
    Protection form clove, cinnamon and cardamom
    My chalice wasn't masala, it's something harder, son
    My brainchild went from little one to martyrdom
    Gave the bug to the inspiration we had caught it from
    The armour stay wrapped tight like a chrysalis
    There's planets in the palm of my hand like it's a callous
    On the mountain top, it's a wonderland like it was Alice
    So every blood vessel expands, forbidden talents
    Doin' tantric downward, a gold tooth in a trash can
    Was the beginnin' of me kinda takin' 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
    Or Black like a deity that's trapped like a prisoner
    It's a wrap like chiba, rolled up into the Rizla (an empty dream machine without you)
    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
    I'm trying to get my dream back
    Need you on my team
    I need you by my side, girl
    Need you on my team
    No automatic replies
    Love you in that colour
    I need you on my team, girl
    Floating up above you
    I need you on my team, girl
    Need you on my team
    Vision is distorted
    I need you on my team
    Floating up above you
    An empty dream machine without you
    Look up, I'll recover
    'Cause I need you on my team
    I love you in that colour
    An empty dream machine without you
    I need you on my team
    No automatic replies
    I love you in that colour
    I need you on my team, girl
    I need you on my team
    No automatic replies
    An empty dream machine without you Writer/s: Anoushka Shankar, Damon Albarn, Johnny Marr, Tariq L. Trotter
    Publisher: MUSIC SALES CORPORATION, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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