“Skyscraper” is the closing track on Stage Four and represents “closure” for frontman Jeremy Bolm’s grief over his mother’s death from cancer. It’s about Bolm taking his mother, a few months before she died, on a trip to New York, a city she’d always wanted to see. SPIN noted that his mother’s last...
[Verse 1]
Atop the skyscraper
One hundred and two floors
New York City
It was yours
It's yours
[Chorus]
You live there
Under the lights
You live there
Under the lights
You live there
Under the lights
You live there
[Verse 2]
Below the busy streets
We watch your dreams unfold
New York City
It's all yours
It's yours
[Chorus]
You live there
Under the lights
You live there
Under the lights
You live there
Under the lights
You live there
[Outro]
You live there
Under the lights
You live there
Under the lights
You live there
Under the lights
You live there
Under the lights
You live there
Under the lights
[Jeremy Bolm's Mother]
Hi Jeremy, I just wanted to tell you that just, finally left the hospital. Um, and we're going to drop off a prescription at CVS so I probably won't be home when you get there okay? Bye bye
Skyscraper was written by Jeremy Bolm.
Skyscraper was produced by Brad Wood.
Touché Amoré released Skyscraper on Tue Aug 16 2016.
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