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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
alt-J
Background Vocals
Joe Newman
Guitar
Gus Unger-Hamilton
Keyboards
Thom Green
Drums
Charlie Andrew
Programming
Andy Marshall
Double Bass
Will Gardner
String Conductor
Reinoud Ford
Cello
Kirsty Mangan
Violin
Ciaran McCabe
Violin
Matthew Ward
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joe Newman
Songwriter
Gus Unger-Hamilton
Songwriter
Thom Green
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Charlie Andrew
Producer
Matt Glasbey
Mixing Engineer
Dick Beetham
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
More together than alone
From the hill we saw it rain on the town over
Torch to your chin lights your cheekbones
In that moment I saw a likeness to our father
[Verse 2]
In American Night on that hill
In the night
[Verse 3]
Pulled back to the night before
Where the TV lit our brilliant smiling faces
Torch hits your face before the fall
Panic in the eye is similar to breaking horses
[Verse 4]
(An apparition lifts me up)
[Verse 5]
An apparition lifts me up
From its shoulders I sit and see your face above the tree-line
Your reassurances subtitled in American English
I am calm as we sail down the hillside
[Verse 6]
In American Night on that hill
In the night
Written by: David Christopher Green, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Joe Newman, Thom Green