Lyric

Oh, Lily, wasn’t it heaven

When we were living in

That suburban council estate?

Away fade the good old days

Oh, Lily, the other day, I saw

The ghosts of you and me

The wraiths from the late 90’s

And I bet you won't believe

I could not even breathe

Life in the suburbs, the same refrain

From the windows of the train

I tried to find the remains

Of the place where we first met

I thought it might be our fate

To die in that estate

Gigantic duplicates

Shading us from all the sunbeams

Sunbeams!

Oh no, no, no

How sweet, how sweet is it

To live away from the town you grew up in?

Please don’t leave, leave me behind

I still can’t make up my mind

Across the town runs our Silk Road

The National Route 4

In languor and uproar

We drown out our regrets

And down the road, there’s a Zeppelin

It’s forever idling

And eats up all the gasoline

It’s the end of all our dreams

Our dreams!

Oh no, no, no

How sweet, how sweet is it

To say goodbye to the blue suburban skies?

And I bleed from my eyes

The status quo until I die

Up in the sky, two vapor trails

Right up off the rails

I’m right down on the rails

And start to bite my nails

Now I can’t even breathe