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Subway by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Subway

Release date: 11th April 2013

From Mosquito
Track 2
5:17
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About This Track

'Subway' by Yeah Yeah Yeahs is an alternative track from the album 'Mosquito', released in 2013. The lyrics set a scene of waiting and missing someone, caught up in the small frictions of public transport, with a repeated sense of impatience, heat, and delays as the speaker keeps looking for an express connection, or for a chance to catch up “wherever you are”. The mood is restless and slightly frantic, turning everyday transit into a narrow corridor of longing.

"Subway" is a track by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, from the album Mosquito, released 11th April 2013. The track is 5:17 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 13 articles about Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

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Lyrics

Subway

I lost you on the subway car
Got caught without my metro card
I waited and I waited for the express train
Wanna catch up with you wherever you are

I waited and I waited
I waited and I waited
I waited and I waited
I waited and I waited
And it was hot
And when it stopped

It was metal on the mental
It was somethin' in my heart
It was metal on the mental
It was somethin' in my heart
My heart

Got on the train and I took a seat
Thought why all these people all watching me
Caught my reflection in the subway car
Thought look at you whoever you are

I waited and I waited
I waited and I waited
I waited and I waited
I waited and I waited
And it was cool
And when it stopped

It was metal on the mental
It was somethin' in my heart
Metal on the mental
It was somethin' in my heart

Well, I got, I got, I got, I got
Got off, got off, on you
Well, I got, I got, I, got
Got off, got off, got off, on you
Well, I got, got off, I got
Got off, got off, got off, on you
I got, I got, I got
Got off, got off, got off, on you

It was metal on the mental
It was somethin' in my heart
It was metal on the mental
Some somethin' in my heart

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Track details

From Mosquito

5:172013
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Album
Mosquito
Mosquito
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
12th April 2013
Track number
2
Release year
2013
  1. 1Sacrilege
    3:50
  2. 2Subway
    5:17
  3. 3Mosquito
    3:00
  4. 4Under the Earth
    4:18

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