Biography:
Emperor X is a pop/noise/folk music project headed by American musician C. R. Matheny. The project often performs and records with little more than Matheny on an acoustic guitar and a dynamic microphone, but sometimes also employs large groups of musicians on percussion instruments, various electronic noisemakers, brass/woodwind/string ensembles, and traditional rock instruments.
The lyrics of Emperor X songs have been described as simultaneously "hallucinatory" and "precise
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
G C G C G C G C
[Verse]
G C
We're holding together well
G C
We're weathering the crisis of illiterate lords
G C
It struck me as interesting
G
That we all felt so safe
[Chorus]
Em7 D C
I know we won't react
D
Like the others do
Em7
It's okay
D C
We won't panic and hide
Am7
From the brown recluse
[Intro]
G C G C G C G C
[Verse]
G C
We watched when the forest fell
G C
We covered our eyes and we diverted the flow
G C
Of the love in the power grid
G C
That's why we're still safe
G C G C
From eight legs on a forward march
G C
To a venom sect dream
G
I couldn't feel you because my sensors were numb
[Chorus]
Em7 D C
But I know we won't react
D
Irresponsibly
Em7 D C
Under threat. They can't make us cry
D
We're impossibly
Em7
Spinning up
D
Spinning out
C
Spun around
D
In the centrifuge
Em7
It's alright
D C
We'll learn to live
Am7
With the dangerous spider once our nerves return,
Once our nerves return.
[Outro]
G C G C G C G C G
G C G C G C G C
[Verse]
G C
We're holding together well
G C
We're weathering the crisis of illiterate lords
G C
It struck me as interesting
G
That we all felt so safe
[Chorus]
Em7 D C
I know we won't react
D
Like the others do
Em7
It's okay
D C
We won't panic and hide
Am7
From the brown recluse
[Intro]
G C G C G C G C
[Verse]
G C
We watched when the forest fell
G C
We covered our eyes and we diverted the flow
G C
Of the love in the power grid
G C
That's why we're still safe
G C G C
From eight legs on a forward march
G C
To a venom sect dream
G
I couldn't feel you because my sensors were numb
[Chorus]
Em7 D C
But I know we won't react
D
Irresponsibly
Em7 D C
Under threat. They can't make us cry
D
We're impossibly
Em7
Spinning up
D
Spinning out
C
Spun around
D
In the centrifuge
Em7
It's alright
D C
We'll learn to live
Am7
With the dangerous spider once our nerves return,
Once our nerves return.
[Outro]
G C G C G C G C G
Enanitos Verdes
Encarnita Polo
Enfrascos
Engenheiros Do H (...)
England / Americ (...)