Us In Atlantis Pt. I Songtext
von Jamie Hamilton

The balance beam
Was once a breeze for me
Amber drink in hand
I′d dance courageously
I couldn't fall
I thought I was fearless
I never saw you swim
Through my peripheral
In awkward grace
You whispered something cynical
But I
Didn′t hear you the first time


The city breathes
We are the dust that gets sucked in
& The mannequins
Are cleaner than we've ever been
Let's get a job behind a bar
& Say that we make art
The country is too quiet
You need the noise to think
With breakfast served at 5am
& Pretension in the drinks
Hypocrisy can taste so heavenly

I never saw you swim
Through my peripheral
In awkward grace
You whispered something cynical
I fell
I′d fall
A thousand feet
To get to where you are
Next to a multi-storey car park
That looked like a hotel
We made stories about strangers
As if we knew them well
A prejudice that′s never felt so pure