Canary Wharf Soundwalk Lyrics

It's a calm evening. We're at the roof garden in Canary Wharf

It's slightly overcast, kind of mild for June

The traffic is humming below a sleepy haven for young couples

It hums but it doesn't bother us

It feels far away

We tune it out

We don't hear the wind

The sky is fenced off with triangular panels

The birds are singing in trees above

We wonder if they are really there

I'm standing by some bushes and tall bamboo

The branches shimmer with touches of wind we can't feel on our skin

We have to get in the solid matter to hear these movements

The air is too alive with noise, even in this artificial sanctuary

The city relies on these bubbles

They negate the commotion of the flow in the office blocks outside and above

and the mall and train station below

These bubbles negate the cacophony of capital

They are also the sublime construction of it

Just listen to the hum of the lift

You are safe

At peace

As long as they make space for you to hear sounds like this

Then you can feel the strength to face the city again

And you don't have to worry about looking for an alternative