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Release date: 23rd June 2022

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"Skyscraper" is a track by Automatic, from the album Excess, released 23rd June 2022. The track is 3:58 long. It's filed under Indie Rock. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Skyscraper

They told me to meet on the 100th floor
I walked up the stairs 'cause I wanted some more
They gave me the key and I went through the door
And then I was higher than ever before

Change, if you wanna (if you wanna)
Or stay the same
There's no difference in the end
Shame, that you gotta (that you gotta)
Play the game
Every dollar gets you off

Up here where the sun has a beautiful shine
To light up perverted American minds
The white hand of luxury, so cool and refined
No trace of the miserable people outside

Change, if you wanna (if you wanna)
Or stay the same
There's no difference in the end
Shame, that you gotta (that you gotta)
Play the game
Every dollar gets you off

A rip at the seam
There's dirt on your sleeve
The fading facade of a white collar dream
No country or cause
You're lost in the fog
Your skin fits so tight now you can't move at all

Change, if you wanna (if you wanna)
Or stay the same
There's no difference in the end
Shame, that you gotta (that you gotta)
Play the game
Every dollar gets you off

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Track details

From Excess

3:582022
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Album
Excess
Excess
Automatic
24th June 2022
Track number
3
Release year
2022
  1. 1New Beginning
    3:59
  2. 2On the Edge
    3:38
  3. 3Skyscraper
    3:58
  4. 4Realms
    3:53

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