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In “The Waves” the listener is presented with the perspective of a passive observer at a house party seeing other party-goers doing and saying crazy things. Although the song takes place at 1:22 AM, a time that would normally be considered quite late by most, in the context of the long night portray...
[Verse 1]
Staring down the barrel of a hundred tonnes
(We're riding the wave)
It might be getting older, but the night's still young
(We're riding the wave)
We never, never give up on a lost boy life
(We're riding the wave)
So here we are, escaping from the world outside
(We're riding the wave)
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, what would your mother say if she could see what we're doing now?
Oh, what would your mother say if she could hear what we talk about?
[Chorus]
The waves are crashing down on you and me
Again, again, again
The waves are crashing down on you and me
I'll see you on the other side (Hey)
Get carried, get carried away, oh-oh-oh-oh
Caught up in, caught up in the waves
(We're riding the wave)
[Verse 2]
Suddenly we're fallin' through the twilight zone
(We're riding the wave)
Watch the party playing out in slow motion
(We're riding the wave)
So tie a ribbon 'round my arm and throw me in
(We're riding the wave)
Is it an apocalypse or nihilism on your lips? We sink or swim
(We're riding the wave)
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, what would your mother say if she could see what we're doing now?
Oh, what would your mother say if she could hear what we talk about
(Hey)
[Chorus]
The waves are crashing down on you and me
Again, again, again
The waves are crashing down on you and me
I'll see you on the other side (Hey)
Get carried, get carried away, oh-oh-oh-oh
Caught up in, caught up in the waves
(We're riding the wave)
[Bridge]
The air hit me on the way out
Did it make me more sober or make me more drunk?
I couldn't quite remember
The vision of you and of me
The air hit me on the way out
Did it make me more sober or make me more drunk?
I couldn't quite remember
The vision of you and of me
[Chorus]
The waves are crashing down on you and me
Again, again, again
The waves are crashing down on you and me
I'll see you on the other side (Hey)
Get carried, get carried away-ay-ay-ay-ay
Caught up in, caught up in the wa-a-a-a-aves
[Outro]
(The waves)
They're crashing down, they're crashing down, oh-oh
(The waves)
They're crashing down on you and me
I'll see you on the other side
(We're riding the wave)
(Hey)
The Waves was written by Dan Smith.
I wanted to make a weird, oddball version of a quote-unquote party record. I quite like the idea of being a passive observer at a house party and [seeing] all the ridiculous, stupid shit people do and say. Musically, Kianja is wandering in and out, and there’s a singer called Bim who was one of the...