Elbow - K2 Lyrics
[Verse 1]I’m imagining rippling fingers on keysMiming it wild on a cold stone tablePicturing and wishing for home and jiggling my kneesSend an urgent cable[Verse 2]Dickhead’s done a runner and he’s wonderingIf anyone caresIs the landing light onBack to the pebbles that mum’s eggs hatched inGive me her perfumeGive me her prayers and advice[Pre-Chorus]Hands up if you’ve never seen the seaI’m from a land with an island statusMakes us think that everyone hates usMaybe darling they doBut they haven’t met youThey only know the villains at the tillerAnd they gambled the farm on a headline[Verse 4]Jesus, getting harder to see what they’re doing ‘til it’s doneAnd they’re never gonna make an arrest on Fleet Street[Chorus]Yes and I’m given to believing in loveI’ve written the word in my bloodAnd I perch on a shelf of the K2Made of the believers thatLove, opens the fist just enough for a handTo slip into the hand[Verse 5]I’ve been asleep in the woods with a mother to bePlanning on a static caravan in the AndesMaking a break with the steel magpie on the riseDefeat in our time or do weMeet on the street again due to the few?Batter it out and refresh vendettaBetter surely to pauseConsider the pathIt’s full of blood, snot and teeth and the glory of no one[Pre-Chorus]Hands up if you’ve never seen the seaWe’re from a place with an island statusQueuing round the corner for a pencil and paper againCome the virus of viriiGod send us to a digital endWith following strangers and swiping at friendsI’ll send you a postcardSee you in HullIn a sweater made of Atacama llama wool[Chorus]Yes and I’m given to believing in loveI’ve written the word in my bloodI’ve seen it make a heaven ofBackstreet, bedsit and bomb site living roomLove, opens the fist just enough for a handTo slip into the handYes and I’m given to believing in loveI’ve written the word in my bloodI’ve seen it make a heaven ofBackstreet, bedsit and bomb site living roomLove, opens the fist just enough for a handTo slip into the hand, to slip into the hand
