Katie Melua
Katie Melua
Katie Melua
Katie Melua
Katie Melua
Katie Melua
Katie Melua
Katie Melua
Katie Melua
Katie Melua
Katie Melua
Katie Melua
Katie Melua
Katie Melua’s family bought her from their native Georgia to Belfast in 1992, aged 8, and she lived there until the age of 14. She would have experienced the tail end of the Troubles and maybe witnessed the start of the peace process.
This song appears to have been triggered (sorry!) by her return...
I've got a ticket to the fast city
Where the bells don't really ring
Getting off the plane the cold air
Rushes like bullets through my brain
And I'm divided between penguins and cats
But it's not about what animal you've got
It's about being able to fly, it's about dying nine times
Walked on Broadway, going up to Falls
With the old man I used to know
The paintings on the walls of release
Are colourful but they are no Matisse
And I'm divided between penguins and cats
But it's not about what animal you've got
It's about being able to fly, it's about dying nine times
It's about being able to fly, it's about dying nine times
Belfast was written by Katie Melua.
Belfast was produced by Mike Batt.