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Brandi Carlile - Church & State Lyrics



Brandi Carlile - Church & State Lyrics




While the empire was failing
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I was so far from home
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I heard a thousand sirens wailing
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So I was never on my own
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And when the blackness slowly parted
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I saw the ivory towers
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Before the revolution started
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Between the madness of the hours
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And they don't see what we see
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But we believe, we believe
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That they're not gonna live forever
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Burn tomorrow, never say
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They're here today then they're gone forever
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Never say never say never say
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We'll find a way
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We'll find a way
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We'll find a way
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Imagine if we could
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In the days that quickly followed
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They began to turn to stone
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They couldn't stand or speak or swallow
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They couldn't get out of bed alone
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And when the frailty overcomes them
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And they begin to crawl
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Reaching out their bloody hands
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Guess who gets to make the call?
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Well they don't see, what we see
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But we believe, we believe
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That they're not gonna live forever
+
Burn tomorrow, never say
+
They're here today, then they're gone forever
+
Never say never say never say
+
We'll find a way
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We'll find a way
+
We'll find a way
+
Imagine if we could
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"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act
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Of the whole American people which declared that
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Their legislature should make no law respecting an
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Establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
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Exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation
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Between Church and State."
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No, they're not gonna live forever
+
Burn tomorrow, never say
+
They're here today, then they're gone forever
+
Never say never say never say
+
We'll find a way
+
We'll find a way
+
We'll find a way
+
Imagine if we could
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English

While the empire was failing
+
I was so far from home
+
I heard a thousand sirens wailing
+
So I was never on my own
+
And when the blackness slowly parted
+
I saw the ivory towers
+
Before the revolution started
+
Between the madness of the hours
+
And they don't see what we see
+
But we believe, we believe
+
That they're not gonna live forever
+
Burn tomorrow, never say
+
They're here today then they're gone forever
+
Never say never say never say
+
We'll find a way
+
We'll find a way
+
We'll find a way
+
Imagine if we could
+
In the days that quickly followed
+
They began to turn to stone
+
They couldn't stand or speak or swallow
+
They couldn't get out of bed alone
+
And when the frailty overcomes them
+
And they begin to crawl
+
Reaching out their bloody hands
+
Guess who gets to make the call?
+
Well they don't see, what we see
+
But we believe, we believe
+
That they're not gonna live forever
+
Burn tomorrow, never say
+
They're here today, then they're gone forever
+
Never say never say never say
+
We'll find a way
+
We'll find a way
+
We'll find a way
+
Imagine if we could
+
"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act
+
Of the whole American people which declared that
+
Their legislature should make no law respecting an
+
Establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
+
Exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation
+
Between Church and State."
+
No, they're not gonna live forever
+
Burn tomorrow, never say
+
They're here today, then they're gone forever
+
Never say never say never say
+
We'll find a way
+
We'll find a way
+
We'll find a way
+
Imagine if we could
+
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Writer: Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth, Andrew Wotman, Phil Hanseroth
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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The song, "Church & State" was written on November 5, 2024, the night of the U.S. presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Carlile was in the studio with the Phil and Tim Hanseroth and Andrew Watt and was listening to U2's 'Bullet the Blue Sky' and wrote the "Church and State" as "a protest song, or at least reflection anthem, on what they saw going down in America."
She noted, "I got a song from Tim a couple of years ago, this beautiful concept and riff and this drop-D and all of this cognitive dissonance in the song, and I sunk my teeth into it then. And I said, whatever that is, that's a direction for where I feel like we could go musically. And then I tucked it away in the back of my mind and forgot about it until Nov. 5." The song features part of Thomas Jefferson's Thomas address to the Danbury Baptists:

I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between Church and State.
-Wikipedia
Performed by: Brandi Carlile
From Album: Returning To Myself
Genre(s): Alternative, Alternative Rock
Language: English
Length: 4:36
Written by: Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth, Andrew Wotman, Phil Hanseroth
Released: October 23rd, 2025
Year: 2025
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