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Wave Like Home
Old Friend

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Old Friend

Release date: 1st March 2008

From Wave Like HomeTrack 23:10

Alternative Music

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"Old Friend" is a track by Future Islands, from the album Wave Like Home, released 1st March 2008. The track is 3:10 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 10 articles about Future Islands.

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Future Islands

Future Islands

Lyrics

Old Friend

I whisper the tongue like an old friend
I cherish my time here alone
I wait in the eyes of the passing nights
To help me laugh brushfires again
By the swallows sleeve I'm a new hand
Cutting out the shapes that burn me
I can touch the mouths of these child gods
And these true minds that hurt man

And the will will go up
To the crashing sails
And the crushing wails
Of my old pan
This wind screams while I'm asleep
And dreams that these white eyes
Will smile again

And the will will go up
To the crashing sails
And the crushing wails
Of my old pan
This wind screams while I'm asleep
And dreams that these white eyes
Will smile again

I take to the road like an old man
I cherish my time here alone
I process the lines of the passing lights
Losing myself, I change my plans

By the western walls
I'm a cursed hand
By the eastern seas
I'm hardly wrong
I can swing myself down from these trees
When I crave a glimpse of weary sands

I whisper the tongue like an old friend
I cherish my time here alone
I swing myself down from these trees
To help me laugh brushfires again

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From Wave Like Home

3:102008

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Album

Track number

2

Release year

2008

1Pangea
3:07
2Old Friend
3:10
3Flicker & Flutter
2:46
4Escape Artist
3:06

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Future Islands — Haunted By You (from From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth)
Future Islands — Days (from From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth)
Future Islands — Find Love (from From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth) [3:44]
Future Islands — Rager (demo) (from From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth)
Future Islands — Cotton Flower (from From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth)
Future Islands — The Ink Well (from From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth)
Future Islands — Virgo Distracts (from From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth)
Future Islands — Awake and Dreaming (from From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth)
Future Islands — Happiness of Being Twice (from From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth)
Future Islands — One Day (from From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth)
Future Islands — The Fountain (from From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth)
Future Islands — In the Fall (from From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth)
Future Islands — Sail / Find Love
Future Islands — Glimpse (from From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth)
Future Islands — King of Sweden (from People Who Aren’t There Anymore) [4:12]
Future Islands — The Thief (from People Who Aren’t There Anymore) [3:21]
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Future Islands — The Tower (from People Who Aren’t There Anymore) [3:37]
Future Islands — Say Goodbye (from People Who Aren’t There Anymore) [3:58]
Future Islands — Peach (from People Who Aren’t There Anymore) [3:12]
Future Islands — Give Me the Ghost Back (from People Who Aren’t There Anymore) [3:17]
Future Islands — The Fight (from People Who Aren’t There Anymore) [4:27]
Future Islands — Deep In the Night (from People Who Aren’t There Anymore) [3:27]
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Future Islands — Hit the Coast (from As Long As You Are) [3:53]
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Future Islands — Vireo's Eye (from In Evening Air) [4:07]
Future Islands — Swept Inside (from In Evening Air) [4:47]
Future Islands — Tin Man (from In Evening Air) [3:14]
Future Islands — Long Flight (from In Evening Air) [5:15]
Future Islands — An Apology (from In Evening Air) [3:44]
Future Islands — Tin Man (Extended Version) (from In the Fall) [4:54]
Future Islands — Virgo Distracts (from In the Fall) [2:41]
Future Islands — Awake & Dreaming (from In the Fall) [4:42]
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Future Islands — Flicker & Flutter (from Wave Like Home) [2:46]
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Future Islands — Heart Grows Old (from Wave Like Home) [3:14]
Future Islands — Seize a Shark (from Wave Like Home) [2:23]
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Future Islands — Little Dreamer (from Wave Like Home) [3:56]

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