So Alive - The Answering Machine

I caught your eyes in amongst the planes

You held a weary glance with your travel case

And I recall, I’ve never loved you more

You pretended you were younger than me

As you packed your souvenirs and the magazines

That we left huddled on the corner of your street

In the summer of 2009

We felt so alive

Your phrase book at the seaside

We’re muted on a fairground ride

Our words washed up with the tide

A wave of syllables

From grey winds to the blue skies

On the dockside, we’re so alive

The lifeboats and the warships

Hide in your eyes, we’re so alive

We’re so alive

Bodies sink on the morning train

As the skyline hunches over in the pouring rain

And I recall, I’ve never missed you more

I traced my finger on the guide book page

I joke about history, how it shows its age

A Swedish airport took you in

But never let you go

On central European time

We felt so alive

Your phrase book at the graveside

We’re muted on a father’s life

Our words washed up with the tide

A wave of syllables

From grey winds to the blue skies

On the dockside, we’re so alive

The lifeboats and the warships

Hide in your eyes, we’re so alive

We’re so alive

We’re so alive…

From grey winds to the blue skies

On the dockside, we’re so alive

The lifeboats and the warships

Hide in your eyes, we’re so alive

We’re so alive