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 D C Am
G D G
G D C Am
G D C
[Verse]
G D
Schopenhauer in Berlin
C Am
Watched the metropolis collapse to the village
G D
It's a sign of the times that we're in
C Am
That we're thinking along the same line he did
G D
So we climb to the top of the bridge
C Am
Where the white flag was raised in defiance, oh!
G D
It's a truce. It's a loss. It's a win
C C C/B C/A G
It's a landslide
[Pre-Chorus]
Cmaj7
Will you pay for my flu shot?
Em G D
I'm immune, but my heart's not, and I'm cold
Cmaj7
Will we blink like the charge on a battery
Em
Blinking out together? Open question
[Break]
G D C Am
G D G Am
[Verse]
G D
Schopenhauer on the Greyhound
C Am
Drinking Drano from an open container
G D
Saw the wisdom in keeping his gaze fixed
C Am
At the phone lines
G D
Then Schopenhauer spat his teeth out
C Am
In the hopes that was collectively kinder
G D
On a night of drunken karaoke
C Am
And young tired eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
Cmaj7
When we dream we connect in communion
Em G D
Our slurred words spoke we backwards the more
C G
We sang "La la la, la la la la la, registration documents!"
Em G D
Closed our eyes, and passed out on the floor
Cmaj7
If we cling to the cold star
N.C.
Will we freeze together? Open question.
[Intro]
G D C Am
G D G
G D C Am
G D C
[Verse]
G D
Schopenhauer in New York City
C Am
Was conflicted in his hatred of Hegel
G D
But his arrogance conquered his pity
C
And he flew out
G D
On the first flight his sister could find him
C Am
And he slept all the way back to Tegel
G G
Where the landing lights threatened to blind him
C
Until they blew out
[Pre-Chorus]
Cmaj7
I can't sleep. We got older
Em G D
We were cool. Now we're cold and alone
C
But if we sing "La la la, la la la la la!" will our wild democracy
Em
Echo out forever? Open question.
[Outro]
G D C Am
If the universal will blanks your mind
G D C Am
If the population catalyst declines
G D C Am
Please remember: Schopenahuer in Berlin was not unkind
G G/F# Em C G
He had eyes, he had eyes, just like ours
G D C Am
G D G
G D C Am
G D C
[Verse]
G D
Schopenhauer in Berlin
C Am
Watched the metropolis collapse to the village
G D
It's a sign of the times that we're in
C Am
That we're thinking along the same line he did
G D
So we climb to the top of the bridge
C Am
Where the white flag was raised in defiance, oh!
G D
It's a truce. It's a loss. It's a win
C C C/B C/A G
It's a landslide
[Pre-Chorus]
Cmaj7
Will you pay for my flu shot?
Em G D
I'm immune, but my heart's not, and I'm cold
Cmaj7
Will we blink like the charge on a battery
Em
Blinking out together? Open question
[Break]
G D C Am
G D G Am
[Verse]
G D
Schopenhauer on the Greyhound
C Am
Drinking Drano from an open container
G D
Saw the wisdom in keeping his gaze fixed
C Am
At the phone lines
G D
Then Schopenhauer spat his teeth out
C Am
In the hopes that was collectively kinder
G D
On a night of drunken karaoke
C Am
And young tired eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
Cmaj7
When we dream we connect in communion
Em G D
Our slurred words spoke we backwards the more
C G
We sang "La la la, la la la la la, registration documents!"
Em G D
Closed our eyes, and passed out on the floor
Cmaj7
If we cling to the cold star
N.C.
Will we freeze together? Open question.
[Intro]
G D C Am
G D G
G D C Am
G D C
[Verse]
G D
Schopenhauer in New York City
C Am
Was conflicted in his hatred of Hegel
G D
But his arrogance conquered his pity
C
And he flew out
G D
On the first flight his sister could find him
C Am
And he slept all the way back to Tegel
G G
Where the landing lights threatened to blind him
C
Until they blew out
[Pre-Chorus]
Cmaj7
I can't sleep. We got older
Em G D
We were cool. Now we're cold and alone
C
But if we sing "La la la, la la la la la!" will our wild democracy
Em
Echo out forever? Open question.
[Outro]
G D C Am
If the universal will blanks your mind
G D C Am
If the population catalyst declines
G D C Am
Please remember: Schopenahuer in Berlin was not unkind
G G/F# Em C G
He had eyes, he had eyes, just like ours
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