Brandi Carlile performs "Church & State" on Saturday Night Live, November 1, 2025.Listen to the new album, 'Returning To Myself', out now: https://brandicarlile.lnk.to/ReturningToMyselfConnect with Brandi:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandicarlile/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brandicarlileTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brandicarlileWebsite: http://brandicarlile.comJoin The Bramily: https://join.thechorus.com/brandicarlile/Lyrics:While the empire was failingI was so far from homeI heard a thousand sirens wailingSo I was never on my ownAnd when the blackness slowly partedI saw the ivory towersBefore the revolution startedBetween the madness of the hoursAnd they don’t see what we seeBut we believe, we believeThat they’re not gonna live foreverBurn tomorrow never sayThey’re here today then they’re gone foreverNever say never say never sayWe’ll find a wayImagine if we couldIn the days that quickly followedThey began to turn to stoneThey couldn’t stand or speak or swallowThey couldn’t get out of bed aloneAnd when the frailty overcomes themAnd they begin to crawlReaching out their bloody handsGuess who gets to make the call?Well they don’t see, what we seeBut we believe, we believeThat they’re not gonna live foreverBurn tomorrow never sayThey’re here today then they’re gone foreverNever say never say never sayWe’ll find a wayImagine if we could“I contemplate with sovereign reverence that actof the whole American people which declared thattheir legislature should make no law respecting anestablishment of religion, or prohibiting the freeexercise thereof thus building a wall of separationbetween Church and State.”No they’re not gonna live foreverBurn tomorrow never sayThey’re here today then they’re gone foreverNever say never say never sayWe’ll find a wayImagine if we could#BrandiCarlile #ChurchAndState #SaturdayNightLive
