Kate Tempest - Undercurrent lyrics

[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 d** 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 f**ing 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 sh** 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 c**aine 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 d** ain't true But they make me feel Closer to you [Hook] I feel the pull, the undercurrent, the drag I have to fight hard Swim with all my strength Until the stormy nights pa** If you want to be your own you And let nothing own you Then experience's shown you: After struggle: struggle Through an unrewarding muddle with days murkier than puddles but Do what you gotta See through All the fog A sea view Is your property too To yourself, be true Don't surrender Stay clever Under pressure [Verse 2] To be the honest I'm weary Clearly not honest Fake sh** I can't take this baitness It's apparent that Most are transparent and Most really haven't a clue Well, I pursue a new avenue I've become lost in the: ‘Have you?' ‘What haven't' you?' The: ‘Do you?' ‘Or don't you?' The: ‘is it?' Or: ‘is it not cool?' All the haircuts The trainers The outfits The accents And I don't mean to be cruel It's not My place to judge This is all just the stuff of my faults People fall I've been trapped as they walk to the shop, because Their faults get trapped as they walk, and because I can't prove it don't mean it ain't real I'm a paranoid kid From the CE, just like you Trying to Make something real And I might do If I just could to get me to sleep the whole night through Then I'd be Getting somewhere Like I'm meant to be Child of the 21st century Mentally Unstable from dependencies Too much d** made my belly freeze up Feeling very queezed Drink down the big bottle Eyes on the cherry trees Blossom as it chips [?] Let my mind glaze Fragged up kids is the usual These days If we even knew the amounts we blaze We'd be sayin' how kids these days are real brave But we can't see straight And we can't, we bother the most Don't give a f** about politics Well, that's the reality and everything's grim So we wear out misery like scars over skin [Hook] I feel the pull, the undercurrent, the drag I have to fight hard Swim with all my strength Until the stormy nights pa** If you want to be your own you And let nothing own you Then experience's shown you: After struggle: struggle Through an unrewarding muddle with days murkier than puddles but Do what you gotta See through All the fog A sea view Is your property too To yourself, be true Don't surrender Stay clever Under pressure The pull, the undercurrent, the drag I have to fight hard Swim with all my strength Until the stormy nights pa** If you want to be your own you And let nothing own you Then experience's shown you: After struggle: struggle Through an unrewarding muddle with days murkier than puddles but Do what you gotta See through All the fog A sea view Is your property too To yourself, be true Don't surrender Stay clever Under pressure [Outro] To yourself, be true Don't surrender Stay clever Under pressure That's the way to make this sh** get better