Alvvays - Next Of Kin

[Verse 1]

We walked along the rocks for nearly an hour

I caught the way you looked at me in the sunlight

You took something before you went in the shower

To help suppress the things that make you feel uptight


[Pre-Chorus]

If I'd known he couldn't swim

We would never have gone in


[Chorus]

I left my love in the river

The only one who sees

I lost his hand in the current

It was the life I wanted and I hoped for

And now I am left sifting through the reeds


[Verse 2]

The sun so hot, I saw his skin through his t-shirt

The grass so tall, we knew we wouldn't be found

We climbed into the stream, sure no one would be heard

And in no time at all, there wasn't a sound


[Pre-Chorus]

If I'd known he couldn't swim

We would never have gone in


[Chorus]

I left my love in the river

The only one who sees

I lost his hand in the current

It was the life I wanted and I hoped for

And now I am left sifting through the reeds


[Bridge]

No color to his skin

Inform the next of kin

No color to his skin


[Chorus 2]

I left my love in the river

The only one I see

I left his hand in the current

And now I am left looking through the trees


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