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The official music video for "'The Fight'" by Future Islands, taken from the album People Who Aren’t There Anymore on 4AD. Uploaded by Future Islands, the artist's official channel.

Dork has covered Future Islands 10 times across news, features and reviews — full coverage below. The full lyrics and album page are linked above. If you like Future Islands, scroll for similar artists below.

The Song

People Who Aren’t There Anymore

From the album People Who Aren’t There Anymore

Label: 4AD
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Double single 'Sail' / 'Find Love' is available now alongside the announcement.
24 Mar 2026
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Lyrics

Future Islands — 'The Fight'

It wasn't all a scream

We packed away the dream

And pocketed the loss

In a world without a little bit of doubt

Are we just the cost?

I couldn't stand the rain, so I ran away

And all I found was snow

Now I'm back on my own

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Future Islands have shared another new album cut, 'Say Goodbye'

Their seventh full-length is out in a few weeks.

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Future Islands have shared another new album cut, 'The Fight'

Their seventh full-length is coming next year.

29 Nov 2023

Future Islands have announced their new album, 'People Who Aren’t There Anymore'

Future Islands have announced their new album, 'People Who Aren’t There Anymore'

The band have also shared new single 'The Tower'.

24 Oct 2023

Future Islands have released a new single and video, 'Deep In The Night'

Future Islands have released a new single and video, 'Deep In The Night'

The band are about to head out on tour.

15 Aug 2023

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17 Jan 2023

Future Islands have announced a new batch of headline shows for this autumn

Future Islands have announced a new batch of headline shows for this autumn

They'll hit the UK again in November for a run of dates.

21 Mar 2022

Future Islands have released a new single, 'King of Sweden'

Future Islands have released a new single, 'King of Sweden'

The band's first release of 2022, it follows up on last year's single 'Peach', which arrived back in August.

16 Feb 2022

Produced byFuture Islands, Steve Wright

Written byGerrit Welmers, Mike Lowry, William Cashion, Samuel T. Herring

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