Plastic 100°C

By Sampha

On Process

Released on February 3, 2016

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[Intro: Neil Armstrong]

I'll work my way over into the sunlight here without looking directly into the sun


[Pre-Chorus]

Magnetic light in the blue-high haze

Magnifying glass upon my face


[Chorus]

It's so hot I've been melting out here

I'm made out of plastic out here

You touched down in the base of my fears

Houston, can-can-can you hear?

And we both had to harness our pain

Close it and hope it decays

Oh, inhale and I'm up and away

Up and away


[Verse 1]

I love those mornings when the sun's up

Smoking in the lobby, waiting for my name to pop up

Yeah, pop up

Usually I'd run home and tuck the issue under

Oh, sleeping with my worries, yeah

I didn't really know what that lump was, my luck


[Chorus]

It's so hot I've been melting out here

I'm made out of plastic out here

You touched down in the base of my fears

And that's when your beauty appears

It's so hot I've been melting out here

I'm made out of plastic out here

You touched down in the base of my fears

Houston, can-can-can you hear me now?


[Verse 2]

You dare know what the scarecrow hears

It's like outer space in his inner ears

And like a blossom, you opened up

And understood why you could not love, oh


[Chorus]

It's so hot I've been melting out here

I'm made out of plastic out here

You touched down in the base of my fears

Houston, can-can-can you hear?

I've been melting, melting down here

I'm made out of plastic out here

You touched down in the base of my fears

Houston, can-can-can you hear me now?


[Neil Armstrong]

I'll work my way over into the sunlight here without looking directly into the sun


[Verse 3]

Sky-high deflating ideas

Thriving off your lessons, yes, you are my lantern

A shy light curves around my ears

The more you speak, the more I see

The more your light grows upon me

And the more it grows

The closer I think you are, the closer I think you are

To seeing me whole

What if you don't like what you see? Silhouettes inside a dream

And I'm melting from the light

One drip at a time (Two, four, two, zero)

I'm melting from the light

One drip, one drip at a time

[Outro: Buzz Aldrin & Neil Armstrong]

I think you're pulling the wrong one

I'm just— okay, I'm ready to pull it down now