[Verse 1]

Concrete pillars, golden domes

There are kingdoms come and gone that we'll never know

My religion is none at all

I build my own cathedrals and let 'em fall

[Chorus]

'Cause I don't want a theocracy

Or some idol ideology

We're all made from stars from above

I pledge allegiance to my soul

I'll follow where she needs to go

I'm a pilgrim for the empire of love

[Post-Chorus]

Woah

Woah

[Verse 2]

Johnson City, Tennessee

My home in Appalachia is still calling me

Give me a mountain, somеthing divine

A river that can carve its way through stonе and time

[Chorus]

'Cause I don't want a theocracy

Or some idol ideology

We're all made from stars from above

I pledge allegiance to my soul

I'll follow where she needs to go

I'm a pilgrim for the empire of love

I'm a pilgrim for the empire of love

[Post-Chorus]

Woah

Oh

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

Well, I don't want a theocracy

Or some idol ideology

We're all made from stars from above

I pledge allegiance to my soul

I'll follow where she needs to go

I'm a pilgrim for the empire of love

I'm a pilgrim for the empire of love

I'm a pilgrim for the empire of love

[Outro]

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