Tina Dickow - London (A Detour) lyrics

I'm flying over london on a cold november night The river snakes across the vast ocean of electric lights Fast and weightless like this marvel in the sky The young and restless skateboard in the dark beneath the closing london eye I'm flying over london looking down at busy streets I scout to find a few familiar places looking up at me Seven years since I first stepped off of this plane And still this city doesn't know my stories my dreams or my first name Someday I have to say goodbuy Ti the city that showed me awoke me and broke me Someday I have to say goodbuy to london London I press against the window, my forehead cold and numb As I search through blurry memories to trace the woman I've become Between st.mark, brick lane and eve's market cafe I found my self in pieces, took what I could carry and I threw the rest away I'm flying over london on a cold november night Unlit parks like bullet wounds in the blanket of electric light The city is a living creature all on it's own And we all push like blood through it's veins So close together, so alone Someday I have to say goodbye To the city that thrilled me and built me and k**ed me Someday I have to say goodbye To london Someday I have to say goodbye To the city that moved me and soothed me confused me Someday I have to say goodbuy To london London