East Harlem

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Part of The Rip Tide and a two song EP both released in 2011, though it was first performed in 2009 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Lead singer and songwriter Zach… Read More

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East Harlem Lyrics

[Chorus]
Another rose wilts in East Harlem
And uptown downtown
A thousand miles between us
She's waiting for the night to fall
Let it fall, I'll never make it in time

[Chorus]
Another rose wilts in East Harlem
And uptown downtown
A thousand miles between us
She's waiting for the night to fall
Let it fall, I'll never make it in time
Another rose wilts in East Harlem
And uptown downtown
A thousand miles between us
She's waiting for the night to fall
Let it fall, I'll never make it in time

[Bridge]
Sound is the color I know, oh
Sound is what keeps me before your eyes
And sound of your breath in the cold
And oh, the sound will bring me home again
Sound is the color I know, oh
Sound is what keeps me before your eyes
And sound of your breath in the cold
And oh, the sound will bring me home again
Sound

About

Part of The Rip Tide and a two song EP both released in 2011, though it was first performed in 2009 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.
Lead singer and songwriter Zach Condon stated at the time that “this is a new song slash really really old song, because I think I wrote this when I was 17.” Condon lived partly in New York City at the time.
The song represents a marked change from Beirut’s previously vague lyrics and coincides with Condon finally settling down after wandering the world for years on end.