Listen to Ruins by First Aid Kit

Ruins

First Aid Kit

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

First Aid Kit

Performer

Johanna Söderberg

Johanna Söderberg

Vocals

Klara Söderberg

Klara Söderberg

Vocals

Peter Buck

Guitar

Melvin Duffy

Pedal Steel Guitar

Eyvind Kang

Viola

Glenn Kotche

Drums

Eli Moore

Electric Guitar

Steve Moore

Keyboards

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Johanna Söderberg

Johanna Söderberg

Composer

Klara Söderberg

Klara Söderberg

Lyrics

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Tucker Martine

Producer

Michael Finn

Recording Engineer

Justin Chase

Assistant Engineer

Andrew Scheps

Mixing Engineer

Éric Boulanger

Mastering Engineer

Jett Galindo

Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Today I climbed the highest mountain I have ever climbed

And I turned to look at ruins I had left behind and you

Where you so far removed from any truth?

I lost you, didn't I?

First , I think I lost myself

[Verse 2]

Children, then and forever locked in a memory

Oh then, that mirror searching for some kind of certainty that you

Were just the same as everyone but you were wrong

And it hurt you, didn't it?

All you couldn't be

[Verse 3]

Ruins

Ooh

Ruins

Ooh

[Verse 4]

I tried to hold onto some kind of dignity too long

I've waded through a vast and endless sea thinking

I could find the secret there within

But I gave up, didn't I?

Seemed the only way

[Verse 5]

Ruins are the things we built assured that they would last standing

On ticket stubs and written notes and photographs

Where are you and here somewhere I cannot go

I am sorry, I am but I won't take it back

[Verse 6]

And in the night I hear your voice sometimes but it quickly passes

In dreams I saw what I had thought could be some kind of answer

You try and try and try until you cannot try no more

Captured in our own

[Verse 7]

Ruins

Ooh

Ruins

Ooh

Ruins

Ooh

Ruins

Written by: Johanna Söderberg, Klara Söderberg