Foreign Cities by Strange New Places

If you speak in your mother tongue
Then I'll return the favour
To mumblingly mouth along
Then stare down at the table

And if you choose to dance by me
I'll lose my inhibition
The first new friends I've ever made
Constructing revolution

You were a dream of life in common
Building pride before the fall
I was accepting a life with meaning
I was building a future for us all

We were building a dream of life in common
Building pride before the fall
You were the one thing we had in common
Sneaking through midnight hotel halls

I was ready to feel awful
Gotten used to feeling small
Spending time with you was lovely
Feigning small talk in the cold

When you're always feeling awful
You never have too far to fall
I felt like I was getting better
More than I'd ever bargained for


In dorm rooms I am feeling numb
I fixate on your mother tongue
This is the first time I've had fun in a long time

In dorm rooms I am feeling numb
I fixate on your mother tongue
This is the first time I've had fun in a long time

I'm dreaming of a life with us in common
Wanted you to know before I fall
That I was really trying to be human
And while I'm floundering in love
I love you all

I want you to know I was feeling human
On nights in which we wandered through the wall
I'm trying to become a better person
In foreign cities having fun

• Punk
• alternative
• indie
• pop punk
• power pop
• queercore
• queerpunk
• Belfast