Half Of The World

Album: Mid Air (2012)
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Songfacts®:

  • Buchanan explained the genesis of this song to Mojo magazine: "The building that I live in looks onto other Glasgow buildings. You're sitting in the kitchen at three in the morning, but if you look out there's lights on all over the place. You think, What are they thinking about? What's keeping them awake?"

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