"Empty Gold" is a song performed by Halsey. It is featured as the fourth track on her debut EP, Room 93 and was released on October 27, 2014 through Astralwerks Records. It is also featured on the Japanese edition of her debut album, Badlands.
Background[]
During the Room 93 Spotify commentary, Halsey said:
- "[...] We must've sent 'Empty Gold' to get additional production on it like eight times because it just has this huge cinematic feeling to it. Just like, this big action scene, like things are gonna come to a resolve, walking to the end of the sunset, credits-rolling kind of feeling, and we really wanted someone who was gonna nail that 'cause you know I tell you guys all the time that I want my music to have a very cinematic quality and a very visual aspect. 'Empty Gold' is like one of those songs that really just built up for me and had like a lot of [...] swagger. It was also kind of like, hikening and there's like a build up and it's like really exciting. So when we finally got this version back, we were all ecstatic about it because it gives you like this reckless, breathless feeling, but there's also a sense of triumph in it, and I think that was really important to us in putting this song out."
- —Halsey via Spotify[1]
On October 30, 2014, a teaser for an apparent music video was uploaded to Halsey's YouTube channel. However, similar to "Trouble" the song never received a full music video and according to Halsey "they were only ever meant to be teasers. Visualettes. Little bits of the storyline."[2]
Cross-references[]
- The song is referenced in "Haunting": "I've got a boyfriend now and he's made of gold" and in "100 Letters": "King Midas put his hands on me again".
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
I, I must confess
How hard I tried to breathe, through the trees of loneliness
You, you must confess
How hard you need to see, through the heart beating out my chest
[Pre-Chorus]
Feel like we've been falling down
Like these autumn leaves
But baby, don't let winter come
Don't let our hearts freeze
[Chorus]
If the morning light don't steal our soul
We will walk away from empty gold
[Verse 2]
Dark as midnight sun
Smoke as black as charcoal fills into our fragile lungs
'Cause when our demons come
Dancing in the shadows to a game that can't be won
[Pre-Chorus]
Feel like we've been falling down
Like these autumn leaves
But baby, don't let winter come
Don't let our hearts freeze
[Chorus]
If the morning light don't steal our soul
We will walk away from empty gold
If the morning light don't steal our soul
We will walk away from empty gold
[Bridge]
We're the underdogs, in this world alone
I'm a believer, got a fever running through my bones
We're the alley cats, and they can throw their stones
They can break our hearts, they won't take our souls
We're the underdogs, in this world alone
I'm a believer, got a fever running through my bones
We're the alley cats, and they can throw their stones
They can break our hearts, they won't take our soul
[Chorus]
If the morning light don't steal our soul
We will walk away from empty gold
If the morning light don't steal our soul
We will walk away from empty gold
[Outro]
We will walk away from empty gold
References[]
| Badlands | ||
|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2015 • Astralwerks Records | ||
| Songs | ||
| Standard | 1 Castle • 2 Hold Me Down • 3 New Americana • 4 Drive • 5 Roman Holiday • 6 Colors • 7 Coming Down • 8 Haunting • 9 Control • 10 Young God • 11 Ghost | |
| Deluxe | Hurricane • Colors Pt. II • Strange Love • Gasoline • I Walk the Line • Is There Somewhere • Empty Gold • Trouble • You(th) | |
| Cut | Garden • Great Big Feeling • Honesty • Wolf | |
| Artist(s) | ||
| Halsey | ||
| Tour | ||
| Badlands Tour | ||