Cloud 9 Stairwell

[Verse 1]

Late night

Same stairwell

Same grey paint

You roll up

Talk big plans

Small complaints

Plastic bag

Heavy with a half-paid dream

You laugh like

You already know we’ll leave

[Pre-Chorus]

You say

"One more flip and we’re gone"

I say

"One more wish and we’re on"

Concrete floor

My head in the sky

Both of us high on the thought we might fly (fly)

[Chorus]

Cloud 9 in a council stairwell

Who knew heaven had chipped white rails

Eyes closed

I can taste that life

Whole block turned to sky tonight

Cloud 9 with your coat as a pillow

You trace futures in the dusty window

Say my name like a lucky sign

If this is wrong

Let me stay wrong

On Cloud 9

[Verse 2]

Blue notes

In the ringtone by your knee

Mum calls

You say

"Soon

You’ll see"

Cold air

Sneaks in through the broken pane

You promise

This postcode won’t know my name

[Pre-Chorus]

You say

"One more flip and we’re gone"

I say

"One more wish and we’re on"

Echoes hum through the hallway pipe

Still we sit here

Plotting that life (that life)

[Chorus]

Cloud 9 in a council stairwell

Who knew heaven had chipped white rails

Eyes closed

I can taste that life

Whole block turned to sky tonight

Cloud 9 with your coat as a pillow

You trace futures in the dusty window

Say my name like a lucky sign

If this is wrong

Let me stay wrong

On Cloud 9