Pyongyang

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Damon Albarn] I look down from my window To the island where I'm held They listen while you're sleeping And darkness is itself Tomorrow, I'm disappearing 'Cause the trees are amplified The never-ending broadcast To which I do not aspire [Chorus: Damon Albarn] Kid, the mausoleum's fallen And the perfect avenues Will seem empty without you The pink light that bathed the great leaders is fading By the time your sun is rising there Out here, it's turning blue The silver rockets coming And the cherry trees of Pyongyang, I'm leaving [Verse 2: Damon Albarn] I feel like I'm floating Processed in Auto-Tune The never ending roll on To the palace of the doomed Temperature keeps falling Soon there will be no lights Just a red glow, glass coffin Watched by someone through the night [Chorus: Damon Albarn] Kid, the mausoleum's fallen And the perfect avenues Will seem empty without you And the pink light that bathed the great leaders is fading By the time your sun is rising there Out here, it's turning blue The silver rockets coming And the cherry trees of Pyongyang, I'm leaving [Bridge: Damon Albarn] There will be no light Someone through the night Someone through the night [Chorus: Damon Albarn & Graham Coxon] Kid, the mausoleum's fallen And the perfect avenues Will seem empty without you And the pink light that bathed the great leaders is fading By the time your sun is rising there (Years ago, when we used to be rivals) Out here, it's turning blue The silver rockets coming (Our youths' minds and arms were bound) And the cherry trees of Pyongyang, I'm leaving (For our own survival) [Outro: Damon Albarn (Mumbling)] Compliance is over Reality is fables, fables Ensuring humour, time's child Ask still, Seoul