Empty Gold

## Music Video

**"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

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."

## 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

1. ↑ *Spotify* - Room 93 (Commentary) - EP by Halsey
2. ↑ *Twitter* - @troubledcolors - "if you've ever wondered about the empty gold and trouble "music video" teasers!"

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