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The official music video for "'The Tower'" 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
Released

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Coverage

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News
Future Islands have lined up ‘From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth’, a 20-year rarities collection
Double single 'Sail' / 'Find Love' is available now alongside the announcement.
24 Mar 2026
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26 January 2024

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Lyrics

Future Islands — 'The Tower'

Threw a bottle across the water

To someone who's thinking of me

There's a tower in the ocean

Pouring through me

That's my will and testament

I, I, I am waiting on the other side, sigh

Looked out into everything and I lie, lie

Tell myself it's nothing, when it's quite right

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Played live

“'The Tower'” was last played on 2 August 2025 at Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal.

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Their seventh full-length is coming next year.

29 Nov 2023

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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

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15 Aug 2023

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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.

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Produced byFuture Islands, Steve Wright

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

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