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K2 Lyrics by Elbow

Little Fictions

2017

[Verse 1]
I’m imagining rippling fingers on keys
Miming it wild on a cold stone table
Picturing and wishing for home and jiggling my knees
Send an urgent cable
Dickhead’s done a runner and he’s wondering if anyone cares
Is the landing light on
Back to the pebbles that mum’s eggs hatched in
Give me her perfume, give me her prayers and advice

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Hands up if you’ve never seen the sea
I’m from a land with an island status
Makes us think that everyone hates us, maybe darling they do
But they haven’t met you
They only know the villains at the tiller
And they gambled the farm on a headline, Jesus
Getting harder to see what they’re doing ‘til it’s done
And they’re never gonna make an arrest on Fleet Street

[Chorus]
Yes and I’m given to believing in love
I’ve written the word in my blood
And I perch on a shelf of the K2
Made of the believers that love
Opens the fist just enough for a hand
To slip into the hand

[Verse 4]
I’ve been asleep in the woods with a mother to be
Planning on a static caravan in the Andes
Making a break with the steel magpie on the rise
Defeat in our time
Or do we meet on the street again due to the few?
Batter it out and refresh vendetta
Better surely to pause, consider the path
It’s full of blood, snot and teeth and the glory of no one

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Hands up if you’ve never seen the sea
We’re from a place with an island status
Queuing round the corner for a pencil and paper again
Come the virus of virii
God send us to a digital end
With following strangers and swiping at friends
I’ll send you a postcard, see you in Hull
In a sweater made of Atacama llama wool

[Chorus]
Yes and I’m given to believing in love
I’ve written the word in my blood
And I perch on a shelf of the K2
Made of the believers that love
Opens the fist just enough for a hand
To slip into the hand

[Chorus]
Yes and I’m given to believing in love
I’ve written the word in my blood
I’ve seen it make a heaven of
Backstreet, bedsit and bomb site living room love
Opens the fist just enough for a hand
To slip into the hand
To slip into the hand
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Elbow

Elbow

About “K2” by Elbow

Read the complete lyrics to "K2" by Elbow from the album "Little Fictions" in 2017. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Alternative Rock, Rock.

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"K2" is credited to Elbow. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"K2" appears on "Little Fictions" in 2017.

Visit the Elbow artist page at /artist/elbow for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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