Story Behind The Song
Contemplating life and death while crossing a busy road, and thinking about empathy and how we relate to ourselves and others.
Song Description
Contemplating life and death while crossing a busy road, and thinking about empathy and how we relate to ourselves and others.
Having an urge to put oneself in danger for a moment, just to see what it feels like to die - but realising in the moment it will always feel very different to the abstract concept of death.
Song is playful over rhythmic piano with cuban jazz and arabic influence .
| Song Length |
3:01 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Latin - Jazz |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Disconcerted, Nonviolent |
Subject |
Existence, Life |
| Similar Artists |
Regina Spektor, Django Reinhardt |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I've been hoping from kerb to kerb
To find the one
To bowl me over, find reason
In nothing at all
Oh but sirens
Seems softer
From a distance
Oh
and we
Only love
Who we know
It was dropped, was an orb in the distance
Came to land at my feet
Such so simple and sweet
Before I had never seen
Oh but sirens
Seems softer
From a distance
Oh
and we
Only love
Who we know we know we know, oh-oh
(Instrumental)
Oh back lit in detail
My face is unclear
I can taste the headlights on my back
But I can't seem to care
Oh cos
Oh but sirens
Seems softer
From a distance
and we
Only love
Who we know
I've been hoping from kerb to kerb
To find the one
To bowl me over, find reason
In nothing