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Islands – Up the Down Staircase (2023) | Track profile | Dork

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And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs
Up the Down Staircase

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Up the Down Staircase

Release date: 22nd August 2023

From And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs

Track 11

3:34

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About This Track

"Up the Down Staircase" is a track by Islands, from the album And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs, released 22nd August 2023. The track is 3:34 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Islands.

About the Artist

Islands

Islands

Lyrics

Up the Down Staircase

Under
Going deeper
Like some kind of dungeon keeper
Climb out
Baby, climb out
Up to where we were
In the doldrums with the dregs
Down there
Where the fox got all my eggs
Somehow
All my round holes got square pegs
Is this why
All those dolphins lost their legs?
Somewhere
I can come up for air
And softly, but surely
I'm on the come up down there
I was lost when I walked in
When I walked out, violins
Thought I was down
Yeah, out of range
But I was up
And it was strange
Falling
Falling
The way out is the way in
Forming
Yeah, I'm forming
Today I begin
I was lost
I was down
Then i walked up and I was found
On the stairs
Down the hall
I go up now
Just to fall
By the hour
It's getting better now
From the tower
I see it better now
I was lost when I walked in
Then I walked out to violins
Yeah

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Track details

From And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs

3:342023

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Album

And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs

23rd August 2023

Track number

11

Release year

2023

1Life's a Joke
2:48
2And All You Can Do Is Laugh
3:43
3Headlines
3:05
4Superstitious
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8Bite My Tongue

11Up the Down Staircase

3:34

—Life’s A Joke

Credits

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Piano: Michael Cera