This is the place
Sit down, you're safe now
You've been stuck in a lift
We've been trying to reach you, Thom
This is the place
It won't hurt ever again

The smell of air conditioning
The fish are belly up
Empty all your pockets
Because it's time to come home

This is the place
Remember me?
I'm the face you always see
You've been stuck in a lift
In the belly of a whale
At the bottom of the ocean

The smell of air conditioning
The fish are belly up
Empty all your pockets
Because it's time to come home

The smell of air conditioning
The fish are belly up
Let it go

Today is the first day
Of the rest of your days

So lighten up, squirt


Lyrics submitted by skrasche

Lift Lyrics as written by Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood Colin Charles Greenwood

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    Great song. Probably my favourite out of the unrecorded bunch.

    It's about a guy (Thom? seeing as adresses himself), who's likening an ordeal about being stuck in a lift to being distant, alienated and serious about life. At the end of the song, he tells himself that today will be the first day of the rest of his days, making a new start, and lightening up in the future.

    I guess the lift symbolises being trapped out from society.

    Snapmanon December 21, 2005   Link

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