Next of Kin

Album: Alvvays (2014)
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  • We walked along the rocks for nearly an hour
    I caught the way you looked at me in the sunlight
    You took something before you went in the shower
    To help suppress the things that make you feel uptight

    If I'd known you couldn't swim
    We would never have gone in

    I left my love in the river
    The only one who sees
    I lost his hand in the current
    It was the life I wanted and I'd hoped for
    And now I am left sifting through the leaves

    The sun so hot, I saw his skin through his t-shirt
    The grass so tall, we knew we wouldn't be found
    We climbed into the stream, sure no one would be heard
    And in no time at all, there wasn't a sound

    If I'd known you couldn't swim
    We would never have gone in

    I left my love in the river
    The only one who sees
    I lost his hand in the current
    It was the life I wanted and I'd hoped for
    And now I am left sifting through the leaves

    No color to his skin
    Inform the next of kin
    No color to his skin

    I left my love in the river
    The only one I see
    I left his hand in the current
    And now I am left blowing through the trees

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    Ooh Writer/s: Alec O'Hanley, Brian Murphy, Molly Rankin
    Publisher: Rough Trade Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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