Float Away Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I'm pretty sure she said
Somethin' like "Seth, you don't listen enough"
I said, "yeah, maybe you're right
I can't help it, my mind drifts off
And I'm not really here anymore, but I'll try"

She said "while we're here on the subject
I wanna know why you haven't grown up yet"

[Refrain 1]
I said "don't be upset
But I really didn't hear a fuckin' word that you just said"

[Chorus]
They said I'm disconnected
That's cool, my friends are too though

Can't hear a word you're sayin'
We watch it all just float away
I see 'em all comin' my way
And now they wanna take my time
I could tell 'em what's on my mind
Or I could just float away

[Verse 2]
I am a boy in a bubble (Yeah)
I am a boat in a bottle (Uh)
I would love to be here right now
But I'm not, I am anywhere else, I am gone
They live life like there ain't no tomorrow
I live life like there ain't no today
(Nah)
All around me they beg, steal, borrow
As they quarrel, I just float away, I am gone
Ground control to Major Tom
You can't keep being weird pal
, I'm a grown up
I got a beard now, I got a job now

I got a roster, gots to make the boss proud
He said "when you're done cleaning glasses
Make sure that you mop and the bar's swept"
[Refrain 1]
I said "don't be upset
But I really didn't hear a fuckin' word that you just said"

[Chorus]
They said I'm disconnected
That's cool, my friends are too though

Can't hear a word you're sayin'
We watch it all just float away
I see 'em all comin' my way
And now they wanna take my time
I could tell 'em what's on my mind
Or I could just float away

[Verse 3]
Hey yo, I never really felt like I know much
'Bout being grown up, I am hopeless
High school, I would hang with the stoners
Yeah, I guess it pro'bly takes one to know one
I still spend a lot of time on my lonesome
And money's still tight, can you loan some?
They said I'm disconnected, yeah, I just might be
But all my friends are just like me
I told a girl I wanted to be rapper
Made her laugh, she told me I was a crack up

We were sittin' on the grass in the backyard
Next day faded, drinkin' wine from a jam jar
I said "I don't have the keys to a car yet
But I got a bag of weed and a sunset"
[Refrain 2]
She said "don't be upset
But I really didn't hear a fuckin' word that you just said"

[Chorus (Extended)]
They said I'm disconnected
That's cool, my friends are too though

Can't hear a word you're sayin'
We watch it all just float away
I see 'em all comin' my way
And now they wanna take my time
I could tell 'em what's on my mind
Or I could just float away
They said I'm disconnected
That's cool, my friends are too though

Can't hear a word you're sayin'
We watch it all just float away
I see 'em all comin' my way
And now they wanna take my time
I could tell 'em what's on my mind
Or I could just float away

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Float Away was released in 2012 as the second single from Seth Sentry’s debut album, This Was Tomorrow

In the track, Seth tells of his struggles living a normal life with a head that’s constantly in the clouds. Seth doesn’t want to take life seriously, even though the world thinks it’s about time that he grew up.

This was the first of Seth Sentry’s songs to reach charts, peaking at #98 in Australia.

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Recorded At
Affinity Studios
Release Date
April 7, 2012
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