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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Future Islands
Performer
Gerrit Welmers
Keyboards
Samuel T. Herring
Vocals
William Cashion
Bass Guitar
Mike Lowry
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gerrit Welmers
Songwriter
Samuel T. Herring
Songwriter
William Cashion
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Congleton
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Ancient like the water
Dissolves my selfish leanings and all the others
Guide me
You beside me
With conviction my lost invention
My child is starving
[Verse 2]
But you keep me, you keep me
I've been locked and you're the key
You keep me, you keep me
You keep me till I'm ready to be free
[Verse 3]
Too many wasted days and nights
Obsessed with the flickering bits of my life
Forgetting what giving and living can be
What it can mean?
First forgiving myself and stepping outside of my own apathy
To see, I just want to be
[Verse 4]
Patient like the forest stood through thousands fallen
Watched the changing evening a million times or more
Lead me to the water
Take me to the other side
And know how much it means to me
[Verse 5]
'Cause you keep me, you keep me
I've been locked and you're the key
[Verse 6]
Too many wasted days and nights
Obsessed with the flickering bits of my life
I forgot it, what giving and living can be
What it can mean?
First steps to being better, doin' the smallest things
[Verse 7]
'Cause you keep me, keep me, keep me
I've been locked and you're the key
[Verse 8]
Keep me, keep me, keep me
Till I'm strong enough to see to be free
Written by: Gerrit Welmers, Samuel T. Herring, William Cashion