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Are You Alright?

from What It Is To Be by Friends In America

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lyrics

My teeth stop their chatter when I hop on the bus
All the coughing commuters that just keep buttoned up
While I wrestle my wallet, tear my old ticket stubs
Press my head against the window until my cheek makes it's mark
I'm sorry, I need this, just an hour to reflect
On the lights of my life and all the dark coming next
Stroke my stubbled up face and keep my demons at bay
I let them out every evening, lock them up every day

Then they say
"Hey...are you alright?"
"Are you walking that line?"
A bottle of wine and I can shine
"I'm just asking, are you alright?"


My indigo outlook, yeah, my beaten path blues
Blur together all you monsters and your grey shades of truth
That'll ache through my eyes until I drink them both blind
I'm making mountains out of molehills with some handsome pricks' wife

I'm steaming, we're leaving
I slip in the snow
Whatshisname's away on business
Whatshername...oh...I don't know
She ducks out for a smoke, and that's when I go through her coat
Take a tenner for my taxi
Delete my number off her phone and then I go

"Hey...are you alright?"
"Are you fucked up or are you fine?"
I hide my headache in the night
"I'm just asking...are you alright?"


Do you have the time?
See, I've got a little but never as much as I'd like
The downtrodden questions, yeah, they're all coming around for seconds
I heard a whisper say "Matt's missing out on life"
All my petty indecisions, they travel in my circles
They're turning my diamonds into coal
I'm asking if I'm alright because I guess I'll never know

I'll fight my way out through the fire
Find some warmth within a flame
I'll trade my beers for bottled water
Crawl my conscience out the drain
Shake off all of my hang overs and I'll feel my head again
And you're asking if I'm alright
Well am I alight? Well am I?

credits

from What It Is To Be, released June 26, 2013
Matthew Rawlings - vocals, lyrics, guitars
Hamish Black - guitars, backing vocals
Liam Chapman - drums, percussion, backing vocals, keyboards
Fraser Stewart - bass

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Friends In America Glasgow, UK

Friends In America is Matthew Rawlings (vocals, lyrics, guitar) and Hamish Black (guitar, production, instrumentation). Musical soulmates and (figurative) brothers since 2010.

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