Expat - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Blow the dust and try to settle in

Know it's not like anywhere I've been

Pacing around from the wall to the door, then stand still

I walk out into the city sound

Under sun and over burning ground

Fall in a crowd, try to find my way out if I could

And everything I know is everything I knew

It's mixing up, it's hard to get a message through

Get lost in alleyways and feeling my new bruise

And losing time up here, apartment twenty two

I paint white walls, but chips keep falling

Every box points up, I'm down here stalling

At the window, try and take this all in

But nothing's clear, the view from here's kind of a blur

And the days I'm spending by myself

And the nights are that and nothing else

Sit on the banks, watch the boats, hear the crowd and sit still

Now the crowd has started clearing out

Stumbled home along their city route

Hours have passed as I make my way back up the hill

And everything I know is everything I knew

It's mixing up, it's hard to get a message through

Get lost in alleyways and feeling my new bruise

And losing time up here, apartment twenty two

I paint white walls, but chips keep falling

Every box points up, I'm down here stalling

At the window, try and take this all in

But nothing's clear, the view from here's kind of a blur

Traffic stalling under city sky

A mass of people trying to all slip by

Between the stands and all the building slabs

But up above, it's started coming clear

And I remember what I'm doing here

I take a step into the crowd on Trier and I disappear