[Verse 1]
I know what lives inside
When I hide far behind
The eyes that are so bright
Wanting our worlds to coincide
I know how much it costs
To fall prey, to be one lost
But I'll give my heart wholly
Even if I fall to the lies
[Chorus]
I'll find peace with you again
When I'm holding out my sinful hands
Delivered and captured again
Though I was living like an empty man
You're washing me, while you're leading me home again
[Verse 2]
I know the soul of me
And everything that tempts me
So I guard my heart closely
I won't be falling for the lies
[Chorus]
'Cause I found peace with you again
When I was holding out my sinful hands
Delivered and captured again
Though I was living like an empty man
You're still teaching me, as your leading me to the end
[Bridge]
But the world
Would love me to believe
That it revolves around me
I can finally see
That the world
Would love to captivate
A childlike heart that aches
To fill the empty space
[Chorus]
But I've found peace with you again
Though I'm holding out my sinful hands
Delivered and captured again
Though I was living like an empty man
You'll be washing me, as you're leading me to the end
Empty
Song Meaning
Building 429 admits self-knowledge rather than confusion in "Empty" — "I know what lives inside when I hide far behind the eyes that are so bright" — and "I know how much it costs to fall prey, to be one lost" names the risk plainly before committing anyway: "but I'll give my heart wholly, even if I fall to the lies."
"I'll find peace with you again, when I'm holding out my sinful hands, delivered and captured again" pairs two words that don't usually go together, delivery and capture, treating rescue and surrender as the same motion rather than opposites. "Though I was living like an empty man" names the condition the title refers to directly, in the past tense, without dwelling on it.
"I know the soul of me, and everything that tempts me, so I guard my heart closely" extends the same self-awareness into an active practice rather than a one-time admission. The bridge turns outward toward a competing claim — "the world would love me to believe that it revolves around me" — before the final chorus quietly shifts its own verb tense, from "I'll find" to "I've found," letting repetition itself mark the difference between hoping for peace and already having it.