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Up Above the Daily Hum

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Up Above the Daily Hum Lyrics

Wondering at the scope of my experience
Cautious so not to be cold
Caught up in the comfort of what I once was
Lost in all the brand new possibility
Oh, to be
In the middle
Happy on the pull of the past
Just before the future comes
Hoping for the rush of some experience
That could elevate me

Up above the daily hum
Up above the daily hum
Up above the daily hum
Up above the daily hum

When is this all over
When does the next one begin?
Happy on the pull of the past
Just before the future comes
Hoping for the rush of some experience
That could elevate me

Up above the daily hum
Up above the daily hum
Up above the daily hum
Up above the daily hum

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mellow_harsher On Jul 19, 2005

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by tomauto

20y ago

Some people cringe at Wayne trying to hit the falsetto on this one.

I am not one of those people, I think this is one of the Lips most beautiful tracks

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by frontierindex

6y ago

“Happy on the pull of the past” ???

I’ve always heard it as “Out beyond the pull of the past”, as in having swam out beyond the pull of the tide, or riptide. The tide and the past being analogous, as both are something that can keep us stuck, and unable to reach the future, or the shore. “Out beyond the pull of the past, just before the future comes.”

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