The Smith Street Band - Surrender [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

I'm not from around here so I think with my mouth
Grew up a comfortable distance from where I am now
So grab me like the animals we were always supposed to be

In these terrace house jungles we'll swing from the rooftops
Knowing nothing of the one-way streets far underneath our feet
There's a life outside these bottles, there's a life right here for me

[Chorus]
But you don't have to surrender
If you don't
You don't have to surrender
If you don't
You don't have to surrender
If you don't want to

And I'll sit quiet, if I have to go home
Listening to rubber, disturbed water
And whatever was on the radio
We should be climbing chainlink fences with backpacks
Nowhere to go

And am I satisfied or did I just come to terms with the hunger
With me all my life, made me live harder when I was younger

[Chorus]

You asked me if I'm drinking again
You say it like it's a good thing

[Chorus]

I've got my white flag with me here just for you

And the ease of repetition was filling my days
And I was comfortably killing myself in a myriad of different ways
And I'm not from around here, so I talk like I've been saved