Lyrics
(Mmm) Yeah
Miles away
Just trying to find my feet
Sweat on the glass Durban in the middle of the heat
Summer sun baking on an empty street
Packing up my life trying hard to remember
How to fit my whole world in a bag this December
Trading the ocean tide for a one-way flight
Staring at the ceiling in the middle of the night
Checking on the scale forms piled on the bed
Got a map of the future spinning 'round in my head
And the clock keeps ticking time won't slow
Got my bags at the door but I'm scared to go
Yeah the clock keeps ticking time won't wait
Stepping through the terminal approaching the gate
And it's a terrifying joy it's a beautiful fear
Heart beating out my chest as the runway clears
Half of me is breaking the other feels so bold
Stepping out the fire walking right into the cold
Yeah out of the fire right into the cold
Touched down in Schiphol the air biting at my face
Winter-grey skies in a totally different space
Swapped out the palm trees for the canals and the stone
Crowded in the city but I'm feeling so alone
But the lights are shining yeah everything is new
Honeymoon rush with a frozen-over view
Three days in and the sky opened wide
White on the cobblestone nowhere to hide
Staring out the window caught up in the glow
Magic in the air falling with the snow
It was perfectly quiet a beautiful sight
Until I had to step out in that freezing white
And it's a terrifying joy it's a beautiful fear
Heart beating out my chest as the runway clears
Half of me is breaking the other feels so bold
Stepping out the fire walking right into the cold
But the ice sets in and the dark comes fast
Wondering how long this feeling's gonna last
Doing the math just to call back home
Checking the time zones on my phone
It's a heavy kind of tired that sleep can't fix
Trying to force my two worlds to mix
The language is tough and the days get rough
And suddenly the dream just ain't enough
Oh trying to make it mix yeah
But it's a terrifying joy it's a beautiful fear
Heart beating out my chest as the runway clears
Half of me is breaking the other feels so bold
Stepping out the fire walking right into the cold
So I put on my coat step out the door
Not quite the stranger that I was before
A little less sunshine a little more rain
Learning how to live with the joy and the strain
Left the Durban heat
Now I'm finding my feet
Just finding my feet