Owl City

Released: August 29, 2007

Songwriter: Adam Young

Producer: Adam Young

[Verse 1]
I'm alone above the atmosphere
And no one looking up can find me here
'Cause I can close my eyes and disappear
When I climb the stairs to watch the sun
Above the station walls, the colors run
To fill the swimming pool when I am done
I am the captain of an oil tanker that travels through your veins
When the satellites hang all around
And I can finally hear the lovely sound
When all the engines in the backroom die down
All the airships move across the sky
And my equipment just keeps standing by
The planets glow and intensify
I am the pilot of a cargo airplane that travels through your veins

[Chorus]
When you are lying half asleep in your room
Unaware if it is midnight or afternoon
Because the water doesn't flood the stairwell
It could be raining, but then you can never tell
If you're alone in this awful downpour
Then struggle free and paddle out the cellar door

[Verse 2]
In the evening light, the boulevard
Conceals the night with disregard
For all the workers in the West coast shipyard
When I rearrange the silverware
And re-install the lights in captain's chair
I'll lift the ceiling off to breathe the ocean air
I am the engineer of forty freight trains that travel through your veins

[Chorus]
When you are lying half asleep in your room
Unaware if it is midnight or afternoon
Because the water doesn't flood the stairwell
It could be raining, but then you can never tell
If you're awake in this awful downpour
Then struggle free and paddle out the cellar door

[Outro]
When you are swimming in Miami at night
I'm all around you in the traffic and city light

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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