The only song from the EP that didn’t make the cut for Before the Waves, Nova Scotia is the penultimate track on You are Here. It’s one of the band’s most indie rock-esque songs, driven by a noisy guitar along with their trademark synthesisers.
[Verse 1]
Waited up, waited up, waited up all night
The sky filling up your mind
Like smoke in some obscure design
Here's another thing
Oh you never said, never said, never said anything new
Not a word that fall
But sometimes nothing says it all
It's one of those things
[Pre-Chorus]
Well, how could you ever ask for more?
What are you looking for?
[Chorus]
You said you wanted to get away
Now you're leaving your cares behind
Tomorrow turned into yesterday
Why'd you take your time?
Why'd you take your time?
Oh
[Verse 2]
Well you opened your, opened your, opened your eyes
And the ocean slipped through the floor
When you woke up along the shore
Forget everything
'Cause you never knew, never knew, never knew that
The city could create such calm
Holding you upon its palm
Just a little thing
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, how could you ever ask for more?
Uh, what are you looking for?
[Chorus]
You said you wanted to get away
Now you're leaving your cares behind
Tomorrow turned into yesterday
Why'd you take your time?
Why'd you take your time?
Huh
[Bridge]
(How could you ask for more) x16
Well how could you ever ask for more?
Ooh
Well how could you ever ask for more?
What are you looking for?
[Chorus]
(You said you wanted to get away
Now you're leaving your cares behind
Tomorrow turned into yesterday)
Oh darling
Oh love
Why'd you take your time?
You said you wanted to get away
Now you're leaving your cares behind
Tomorrow turned into yesterday
Why'd you take your time?
Why'd you take your time?
[Outro]
Just a little thing
Nova Scotia was written by Sam Lee & Alex Caplow.
Magic Man released Nova Scotia on Fri Sep 06 2013.