I had heard once before how Sting had sang so evocatively—-with all the drama and eloquence—-about an ‘empire’ or ‘kingdom’, how there was such madness in passion—-and great melancholy too.
But I’ve never heard even once before that there could possibly be an ‘empire’ that is not real, a fake empire that is.
The National is one band that I’ve been listening too most recently and what I’ve read about them did not prove wrong and I could say, their latest album titled “Boxer” is one great listening pleasure that one could play it over and over again and never get tired of it.
“Fake Empire” is one song that could exemplify the greatness of this album along with very evocative lyrics that get ultimately immersed into the melodies, as the song rises to it’s climactic end, with the surprising entrance and reverberation of strings and saxophone, as The National main vocalist Matt Beringer goes on repeating how he has to “hide away in a fake empire”.
How does one hides in an empire that is unreal? It escapes me the most. But with a cool band like The National, it might just as well be possible—-a possibly eloquent hideaway.
Watch and listen to The National singing “Fake Empire” at The David Letterman Show.
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