Hey! I just wanted to note that the samples used in the "Empire" song are from the audiobook of Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. It's quite an amazing book and I highly recommend it, especially since it may soon be butchered with a movie adaptation. Or it could be great. Who knows?

Here are the lyrics to "Empire":

On 9-5-2001 i went to the top / of the ESB in NYC / katie took a photo of me and TB / in front of predominately probably new jersey / we were on tour with jimmy eat world / we had a day off / so we flew out our girlfriends / we ate at zen palate / we ate at kate's / and talked about the remaining dates / / i was in a cleveland hotel 6 days later / woke up to a friend on the phone who said turn on the tv / i said what channel / and he said it didn't matter / / make it stronger / make it last longer / no don't fall too / i wanna be stronger / i wanna stay longer / oh here with you.