Above the Waterline

from Animalia by Necessary Animals

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lyrics

Your words are blue as they go drifting by
It’s the sound of your goodbye
I watch them fade against the open sky
To the sound of your goodbye

She waits above the waterline
With all the doubts that crowd her lonely mind
And all the things
That she can't undo
Will slowly drift away like the evening tide

Nothing changes what you say
It doesn't matter anyway
If life is only just a dream

At the dawn of the day above the waterline
While all around the city breathes and stirs
She'll wait until
The morning light
And take her place again in the shuttered world

And there is nothing you can say
It doesn't matter anyway
If everything
Is just a lie

And nothing now can save the day
All her dreams will fade away
We are mortal
We will die

And there is nothing you can say
It doesn't matter anyway
If everything
Is just a lie

And nothing now can save the day
All her dreams will fade away
We are mortal
We will die

Your words are blue as they go drifting by
I watch them fade against the open sky
Your words are blue as they go drifting by

credits

from Animalia, released November 5, 2021
Alan Bruzon guitar
Fritz Catlin drums, percussion
Keith Rodway bass, glockenspiel, ukulele
Amanda Thompson vocal, guitar
Helena Zomer vocal

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Necessary Animals Hastings, UK

Necessary Animals is an alt psych/classic rock/experimental band based in Hastings. Our debut album features members of the Good Missionaries, 23 Skidoo, Near Jazz Experience, The Big Believe, Cuban Boys and Alabama 3. Our featured vocalists are Amanda Thompson (The Big Believe) and Norwegian actor and singer Ingvild Syntropia (Avengers Age of Ultron, Relationshit and Star Wars Rogue One). ... more

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