Tybee Island
Future Islands * Track #9 On On the Water
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Album On the Water
Tybee Island by Future Islands
Release Date
Performed by
Future IslandsProduced by
Chester Endersby GwazdaWrited by
Gerrit Welmers & William Cashion & Samuel T. HerringAbout
Tybee Island carries on the water theme of the album, blending gentle background waves with ethereal keyboards. Herring sings to himself, as if was to disappear into the wash at sunset.
Despite released in 2011, the band would only perform this song live for the first time in 2018, during their So...
Tybee Island Lyrics
No illusions
No replays
Heads are watching
Currents wave
Bodies huddle
Birthing flame
I'm a watchman
I'm a slave
Now I'm safe
Now I'm grave
Now I'm safe
And I walk away
If my head slips beneath the sand...
If my head slips beneath the sand...
If my head slips beneath the sand...
If my head slips beneath the sand...
If my head slips beneath the sand...
If my head slips beneath the sand...
If my head slips beneath the sand...
If my head slips beneath the sand...
Tybee Island Q&A
Who wrote Tybee Island's ?
Tybee Island was written by Gerrit Welmers & William Cashion & Samuel T. Herring.
Who produced Tybee Island's ?
Tybee Island was produced by Chester Endersby Gwazda.
When did Future Islands release Tybee Island?
Future Islands released Tybee Island on Tue Oct 11 2011.
What did Future Islands say about "Tybee Island"?
In an interview with Hypetrak, Samuel T. Herring said:
It is not really a structured song but it’s beautiful. It started as a song that I had written for myself. I took a recorder to the beach and sang out by the ocean. We took that into the studio and William and Gerrit put washes of keys and guit...