Life on the Rooftops

from Somewhere in the Stars by The Revenants

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If this is heaven it smells bizarre
Like dryer sheets and ozone and steaming tar
But I come up here to be high above
I come up here to this place I love
I come up here when I feel lowdown
I come up here to be free
I come up here to see my town
And when I need to be as tall as a tree

Life on the rooftops
That's where I go
The sky's the limit
Look out below
Life on the rooftops
Head in the clouds
My own little world
Above the crowds

I dance with stovepipes and smoky exhaust
I look down on the land of the lost
I see myself flying up to the stars
But my dream is shattered by the roar of the cars
I come up here to get my jones
I come up to get away from the herds
I come up here to ease my mind
And when I want to be up, up, up with the birds

When this old world starts getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face
I climb my way to the top of the stairs
And all my cares just drift into space

If this is heaven, well it's not so pretty
All the bricks are tagged and the air is gritty
Maybe one day I'll take a leap
I mean, who really cares
Who will weep
Still I come up here for peace of mind
I come up here to be aloof
I come up here in the stillness of the night
Up here, up here, up here on the roof

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from Somewhere in the Stars, released December 30, 2023

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