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Beijing by Patrick Watson

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Patrick Watson

Beijing

Release date: 4th May 2009

From Wooden Arms
Track 3
4:07
AlternativeMusicSinger/SongwriterRock
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About This Track

'Beijing' by Patrick Watson is a 2009 alternative track from the album 'Wooden Arms'. The lyrics find the narrator waking up in a foreign city, tangled in intimacy and identity that feel borrowed, and listening to the city’s voice sing through loneliness. A sense of dislocation runs through lines about someone else’s arms, someone else’s life, and being unsure what belongs to them, culminating in a reflection on strangers who do not look like the narrator. The viewpoint is haunted and tentative, as the repeated idea of “someone else” sharpens the emotional unease of the scene.

"Beijing" is a track by Patrick Watson, from the album Wooden Arms, released 4th May 2009. The track is 4:07 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Patrick Watson.

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Patrick Watson

Patrick Watson

Lyrics

Beijing

Woke up in Beijing
With someone else's arms in me
Through someone else's life
That I'm not sure belongs to me

It was the sound of a city
Speaks to me
It was the sound of a city
Sang me a song
For the lonely moments

Through someone else's eyes
Strangers, they don't look like mine
Through someone else's words
Just to take a break from mine

It was the sound of a city
Speaks to me
It was the sound of a city
Sang me a song
For the lonely moments

It was the sound of a city
Speaks to me
It was the sound of a city
Sang me a song
For the lonely moments

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Track details

From Wooden Arms

4:072009
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Album
Wooden Arms
Wooden Arms
Patrick Watson
5th May 2009
Track number
3
Release year
2009
  1. 1Fireweed
    3:36
  2. 2Tracy's Waters
    3:48
  3. 3Beijing
    4:07
  4. 4Wooden Arms
    3:08

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