When I first wrote this song, I thought it was about a friend with anger management issues. Someone who was almost professionally angry. Someone who craved the instant gratification of anger, the rush of self-righteousness. But over time, I came to realise it was really about myself.

Lyrics

Empty Room

So…you feel
Life has dealt you a rough
and raw deal
So…you feel aggrieved
Take it our on me

The world won’t listen to your grief
Too many tears have fallen
Who are you trying to be
The boy who cried wolf?

You could start a fight in an empty room
Call your own twin evil while sharing the womb
Box the shadows and ghosts that haunt your tomb
Pick a fight in your mind
Pick fight on the moon

So…you feel
Justified in lashing wildly about you
So…you feel
Yours is the only truth

The world won’t listen to your hurt
Too many angry words are spoken
You lay defeated in the dirt
With all your friends deserting

You could start a fight in an empty room
Call your own twin evil while sharing the womb
Box the shadows and ghosts that haunt your tomb
Pick a fight in your mind
Pick fight on the moon

For someone so sensitive
Someone so quick to take umbrage
At the slightest thing
It’s a paradox
The way you come cross
Oblivious
To come across
Oblivious

Yeah!
Yeah!

You could start a fight in an empty room
Call your own twin evil while sharing the womb
Box the shadows and ghosts that haunt your tomb
Pick a fight in your mind
Pick fight on the moon

You could start a fight in an empty room
You could start a fight in an empty room
You could start a fight on the moon
You could start a fight on the moon
Yeah!