
Empty
LIFE & LOVE · Released 26 July 2021
Lyrics
I roam a lonely wilderness, a barren lifeless place an ice age of emotion, a crowded empty space I’m dying in a desert with no water with no you I’m frozen on the border of some far off foreign land My papers are in order but I tremble where I stand I’m sinking on a shipwreck with no life raft with no you I’m floating in a vacuum, there’s no air where there’s no you I’m empty I’m empty without you. Can you hear me now? Can I get it through to you somehow? I roam a lonely wilderness, a barren lifeless place an ice age of emotion, a crowded empty space I’m dying in a desert with no water with no you I’m sinking on a shipwreck with no life raft with no you I’m floating in a vacuum, there’s no air where there’s no you I’m empty I’m empty without you. Empty I’m empty without you.

About the song
Empty expresses how good life is with someone by articulating how unbearably bad it would be without them. The lyrics are dark, but the message is bright. Something about it makes me smile – maybe it’s the whistling, the rhythm and whimsical tone in which it’s delivered. It’s a tongue in cheek love song I wrote for Sam, my wife.
Words & Music by Michael Larkings
Players
Michael Larkings main vocals, backing vocals, guitars, bass, whistling
Michael Carpenter drums, percussion
Recorded
Love Hz Studios, Leichhardt NSW Australia, 5/5/21
Produced by Michael Carpenter
Mixed and mastered by Michael Carpenter
© Michael Larkings