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Uummannaq Song Lyrics
Hold your fire
I'm coming out and I'll tell you the truth
I was trying to raise my roof
Did you see it
That I needed to prove
That my stinger always stays
You said she's beautiful when she plays
Did I hit you in the proper place
Suddenly
[Chorus 1]
I, oh well I could live in this town
Five cold years before I
Yes I could live in this town
Before I head for home
It's my turn
With the spotlight burning a hole
But my bird-heart's turning cold
As the temperature rises all around
To the sound of a ticking bomb
And then it’s not just showing off here
You know there's something going on here
Going on here
Suddenly
[Chorus 2]
I, oh well I could live in this town
Five cold years before I
Yes I could live in this town
Five cold years
Yes I could live in this town
Five cold years before I
Well I could live in this town
Before I head for home
And considered it odd
That I ever stayed
You know that feeling you get
when you don't want to leave
That feeling when you don’t want to leave
[Chorus]
I, oh well I could live in this town
Five cold years before I
Yes I could live in this town
Five cold years
Yes I could live in this town
Five cold years before I
Well I could live in this town
Before I head for home
And considered it odd
That I ever stayed
I'm coming out and I'll tell you the truth
I was trying to raise my roof
Did you see it
That I needed to prove
That my stinger always stays
You said she's beautiful when she plays
Did I hit you in the proper place
I, oh well I could live in this town
Five cold years before I
Yes I could live in this town
Before I head for home
With the spotlight burning a hole
But my bird-heart's turning cold
As the temperature rises all around
To the sound of a ticking bomb
And then it’s not just showing off here
You know there's something going on here
Going on here
I, oh well I could live in this town
Five cold years before I
Yes I could live in this town
Five cold years
Yes I could live in this town
Five cold years before I
Well I could live in this town
Before I head for home
That I ever stayed
when you don't want to leave
I, oh well I could live in this town
Five cold years before I
Yes I could live in this town
Five cold years
Yes I could live in this town
Five cold years before I
Well I could live in this town
Before I head for home
That I ever stayed
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OMG how are there no comments for this amazing song?? strange. i love it. i think she's talking about how complacent she's become in a place that like bleh, and she wants to leave but its just like eh, maybe i'll stay idk lol
At a concert she talked about how as a little girl she always loved the arctic and wanted to go live there in an igloo, so before writing this album she went and visited Uummannaq, which inspired this song