Owl City

Released: June 14, 2011

Songwriter: Adam Young

Producer: Adam Young

[Hook]
I saw the autumn leaves
Peel up off the street
Take wing on a balmy breeze
And sweep you off your feet

[Verse 1]
And you blushed as they scooped you up
On sugar maple wings
To gaze down on the city below
Ablaze with wondrous things

[Chorus]
Downy feathers kiss your face and flutter everywhere
Reality is a lovely place but I wouldn't wanna live there
I wouldn't wanna live there

[Verse 2]
Weighed down by heavy lids
And lunar lullabies
I knew you were wide awake
'Cause you smile with your eyes

[Chorus]
Downy feathers kiss your face and flutter everywhere
Reality is a lovely place but I wouldn't wanna live there

[Verse 2]
From the green belt balcony
The wildfires look so pretty
Ponderosa canopy
I’d never leave if it were up to me
To the ruby redwood tree
And to the velvet climbing ivy
Painted all mahogany
I’d never leave if it were up to me
(If it were up to me)

[Bridge]
With a starry brush
Paint the dusk venetian blue
'Cause in the evening hush
You’ll never believe the view
And when the leaves return
And their whisperings fill the night
They’ll freeze and burn
Where fire and ice collide
Where fire and ice collide

[Chorus]
Can you feel a silk embrace in the satin air?
If we dissolve without a trace
Will the real world even care?
Downy feathers kiss your face and flutter everywhere
Reality is a lovely place but I wouldn't wanna live there
I wouldn't wanna live there

[Hook]
I saw the autumn leaves
Peel up off the street
Take wing on a balmy breeze
And sweep you off your feet

Originally making songs in his basement for his friends as Sky Sailing, Adam Young then discovered synth music and became Owl City, releasing two relatively unpopular albums Maybe I’m Dreaming and Of June before making his hit single “Fireflies” which made his third album as Owl City, Ocean Eyes a hit.

After this worldwide success he put on two more albums, All Things Bright and Beautiful in 2011, and The Midsummer Station in 2012. In 2014 he released an EP, Ultraviolet, composed of 4 songs whom one would appear on his following album, Mobile Orchestra. Retiring from Owl City in 2016 to focus on Adam Young Scores, a new project made of orchestral soundtracks about historic events, he reappeared in 2017 to tease his upcoming new album Cinematic, with the release of a series of three EPs, called Reel 1 , 2 and 3.

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