Undercurrent Kae Tempest

[Intro]
I feel the pull, the undercurrent, the drag
They try to pull me under
And the tides that might rip you asunder
But you’ve got to stay cool and keep your eyes full of wonder
Only foolish ones are scared of thunder

[Verse 1]
I feel the pull of the things I reject
They’re all familiar to him
We had a sorrow with stings
My heart sinks
But the hollow it brings
Is so fast when you have a night
It’s so fast
Roll past, feeling better than most
It’s all false, yo
It’s arrogance and ego
Like closed-eyes zombies
We go through the motions
And I don’t feel comfortable
Saying « I don’t »
‘Cause it’s like you ain’t a real young person if you won’t
Take drugs
Fake hugs
Fill your heart with fake love
Chemical dependencies
And friends become enemies
It’s like you ain’t cool
And you get looked down on
Your coke-head fiend taps all the taps you frown on
And I remember how it feels to get buzzy
No, it feels fucking amazing
I ain’t saying that it doesn’t
What I’m saying is that I’m scared
Of the way it makes you turn
And I feel I got too much that I learned to go back
But it’s hard to hold back
Because everywhere around
People are becoming
Up or coming down
And they ground the shit
Quick to talk about it
Quick to dangle it in front of your nose
Well this is just the way it goes
I suppose
But the storm cloud blows a cold breeze
And my mates turn around and say:
‘Katy, hold these’
And I’m tempted to throw it all away
And be immersed
In the ecstasy
The cocaine
The ketamine
There’s better things
I’m screaming at myself that there are better things
Yo
But better things fade
And that record’s been played
And I wanna break away and be truthful
When drugs ain’t true
But they make me feel
Closer to you