Emmy the Great - Mahal Kita

[Verse 1] I am walking through the city With my ear down to the ground Trying to find something I lost I’ll know it by the sound You are underneath the bridge And all the cars are driving by And I say, “stranger, won’t you let me come And sit with you a while?“ ’Cause my tiredness is luminous It trails me like smoke But here beneath this road I think I’ve found the antidote In those dances in formation In those people singing songs In the woman slicing papaya outside Louis Vuitton You say [Chorus] “I know that we are stars ’Cause the moon follows me home I know that we are stars ’cause the sun is yellow“ Breathing in the noise from all the people in their cars You teach me how to say, Mahal Kita [Verse 2] The world has turned to Blade Runner These buildings, they have eyes Men, they stare down at us from glass towers in the skies You tell me that your bedroom is seven foot by five And I don’t know who made the gap But it just keeps on getting wide And I won’t be the one to say that this world isn’t fair Let