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Antony Szmierek
Poems To Dance To
The City is Safe With You

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Antony Szmierek

The City is Safe With You

Release date: 24th March 2023

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"The City is Safe With You" is a track by Antony Szmierek, from the album Poems To Dance To, released 24th March 2023. The track is 3:30 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 17 articles about Antony Szmierek.

About the Artist

Antony Szmierek

Antony Szmierek

Lyrics

The City is Safe With You

The sun is shining
Lay in your love early in the morning
The sun is up, it's rising above the treeline
And I can finally see why
The city is safe with you
The city is safe with you
Cheers, cheers, cheers
The heart of the city has started beating again
Kind of slowly at first, it's taking tentative steps
Remember the good times, cast aside your regrets
Yeah, that's the voice of the city inside the silhouettes
Streets are baking, faces aching
You're the best, now you're amazing
Watch the sun set, watch it fading
Release a breath, cause time's for wasting
The cranes are moving, building futures
The sky above it's grinning toothless
The sun that shines, she's fucking ruthless
The city survived, we're just moving through it
Lay in your love early in the morning
The sun is up, it's rising above the treeline
And I can finally see why
The city is safe with you
The city is safe with you
The heart of the city has started beating again
I write it boldly in verse
Just wanna see all my friends
Make hopeful plans in t-shirt weather
Wearing smiles like they forgot their frowns
Forever never gets dark
It just gets more hazy
No more fires to start
Just checked the bank, they paid me
Watch the sunset, watch it fading
You're the best, now you're amazing
If I could see all my friends tonight
If I could see all my friends I'd be alright
Written large in LCD
Sound system whispers something secretly to me
It's all I ever really need
It's all I ever really need
It's all I ever really need
Mmm
Lay in your love early in the morning
The sun is up, it's rising above the treeline
And I can finally see why
The city is safe with you
The city is safe with you
The city is safe with you
Lay in your love early in the morning
The sun is up, it's rising above the treeline
And I can finally see why
The city is safe with you
The city is safe with you

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From Poems To Dance To

3:302023

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Album

Poems To Dance To

Antony Szmierek

24th March 2023

Track number

7

Release year

2023

1The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Fallacy
2:51
2Working Classic
3:32
3Some Daze
3:24
4Rock and a Calm Place

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Antony Szmierek — The Heron
Antony Szmierek — Restless Leg Syndrome (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe (Deluxe)) [3:06]
Antony Szmierek — Crashing Up (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe (Deluxe)) [3:47]
Antony Szmierek — That Face You Make When It's Raining (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe (Deluxe)) [2:22]
Antony Szmierek — Crumb (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe (Deluxe)) [3:14]
Antony Szmierek — Angie’s Wedding (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe (Deluxe)) [3:53]
Antony Szmierek — passingthru (feat. Kate Ireland) (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe (Deluxe)) [0:59]
Antony Szmierek — Take Me There (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe (Deluxe)) [3:32]
Antony Szmierek — Yoga Teacher (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe (Deluxe)) [2:59]
Antony Szmierek — Girlypops (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe (Deluxe)) [2:28]
Antony Szmierek — The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Fallacy (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe (Deluxe)) [2:53]
Antony Szmierek — The Great Pyramid of Stockport (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe (Deluxe)) [2:36]
Antony Szmierek — Big Light (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe (Deluxe)) [3:24]
Antony Szmierek — Angie’s Wedding (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe) [3:53]
Antony Szmierek — Restless Leg Syndrome (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe) [3:06]
Antony Szmierek — Big Light (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe) [3:24]
Antony Szmierek — That Face You Make When It's Raining (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe) [2:22]
Antony Szmierek — Crumb (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe) [3:14]
Antony Szmierek — Crashing Up (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe) [3:47]
Antony Szmierek — Yoga Teacher (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe) [2:59]
Antony Szmierek — The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Fallacy (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe) [2:53]
Antony Szmierek — passingthru (feat. Kate Ireland) (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe) [0:59]
Antony Szmierek — Girlypops (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe) [2:28]
Antony Szmierek — Take Me There (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe) [3:32]
Antony Szmierek — The Great Pyramid of Stockport (from Service Station At The End Of The Universe) [2:36]
Antony Szmierek — Rafters [3:08]
Antony Szmierek — The Great Pyramid of Stockport [2:36]
Antony Szmierek — Rafters [3:08]
Antony Szmierek — Dance Better (Ell Murphy remix)
Antony Szmierek — The Words to Auld Lang Syne (from Seasoning - EP) [3:23]
Antony Szmierek — Seasoning (feat. 2b.Frank) (from Seasoning - EP) [3:24]
Antony Szmierek — How Did You Get Here? (from Seasoning - EP) [2:54]
Antony Szmierek — Dance Better (from Seasoning - EP) [3:42]
Antony Szmierek — Rounders (from Seasoning - EP) [3:25]
Antony Szmierek — How Did You Get Here? (Ruth Royall remix)
Antony Szmierek — The Words to Auld Lang Syne (Remixes)
Antony Szmierek — The Words to Auld Lang Syne [3:23]
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Antony Szmierek — Heaven is Other People (from Poems To Dance To) [2:08]
Antony Szmierek — Some Daze (from Poems To Dance To) [3:24]
Antony Szmierek — Working Classic (from Poems To Dance To) [3:32]
Antony Szmierek — The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Fallacy (from Poems To Dance To) [2:51]
Antony Szmierek — Sriracha (from Poems To Dance To) [4:11]
Antony Szmierek — Rock and a Calm Place (from Poems To Dance To) [2:48]
Antony Szmierek — Circle of Light
Antony Szmierek — Breeze (from Giving Up For Beginners) [3:52]
Antony Szmierek — Dreamscape (from Giving Up For Beginners) [3:30]
Antony Szmierek — WC 2020 (feat. Yemi Bolatiwa) [2020 Lockdown Version] (from Giving Up For Beginners) [5:31]
Antony Szmierek — Mangomood (from Giving Up For Beginners) [0:59]
Antony Szmierek — Lakeside (feat. Amy King & Robin Parker) (from Giving Up For Beginners) [4:13]
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