Released: September 22, 2014

Songwriter: Thom Sonny Green Gus Unger-Hamilton Joe Newman

Producer: Charlie Andrew

[Verse 1]
If you're willing to wait for the love of your life
Please wait by the line
And you know dispersive prisms rainbow
But my native optimism isn't broken by the light
The idea of life without company fell suddenly
It crashed through the ceiling on me and pinned me to the pine
And layer upon layer of hope and doubt
Will crush bones to oil in time

[Chorus 1]
Are you a pusher or are you a puller?
I pull the weight towards me
And I lack the zest of a lemon, looking forward
Unless I have a woman pushing me

[Verse 2]
A canopy of red-billed quelea
Passed over the blue
A five-hour flock, not one dives down
To tell you the truth
As night falls, a quelea crawls
And whispers on his last wings
"So abundant are we, left alone, I shall be
But a waited phone never rings"

[Chorus 1]
Are you a pusher or are you a puller?
I pull the weight towards me
And I lack the zest of a lemon, looking forward
Unless I have a woman pushing me

[Chorus 2]
Are you a pusher or are you a puller?
We could hold hands for fifteen minutes in the sauna
We could hold hands for a pool length underwater
I can push and pull her

[Outro]
If you're willing to wait for the love of your life
Please wait by the line

​​alt-J

alt-J is an English indie rock band that consists of vocalist and guitarist Joe Newman, keyboardist and bassist Gus Unger-Hamilton and drummer Thom Green. Gwil Sainsbury was the band’s bassist before leaving the band in early 2014.

Formed at Leeds University and signed to a label in Cambridge, UK, the band originally made songs on Garageband before releasing them under the pseudonym ∆.

∆’s name takes a little explaining. Pronounced alt-J, the delta sign is inserted when you press alt and J on a Mac keyboard.