Owl City - Rainbow Veins Lyrics






High rise, veins of the avenue
Bright eyes and subtle variations of blue
Everywhere is balanced there like a rainbow above you
Street lights glisten on the boulevard
And cold nights make staying alert so hard
For heaven's sake, keep me awake so I won't be caught off guard
Clearly I am a passerby but I'll find a place to stay
Dear pacific day, won't you take me away?
Small town hearts of the New Year
Brought down by gravity, crystal clear
City fog and brave dialogue converge on the frontier
Make haste, I feel your heartbeat
With new taste for speed, out on the street
Find a road to a humble abode where both of our routes meet
The silver sound is all around and the colors fall like snow
The feeling of letting go, I guess we'll never know

Cheer up and dry your damp eyes and tell me when it rains
And I'll blend up that rainbow above you and shoot it through your veins
'Cause your heart has a lack of colour and we should've known
That we'd grow up sooner or later 'Cause we wasted all our free time alone

Your nerves gather with the altitude
Exhale the stress so you don't come unglued
Somewhere there is a happy affair, a ghost of a good mood
Wide eyed, panic on the getaway
The high tide could take me so far away
VCR's and motorcars unite on the Seventh Day
A popular gauge will measure the rage of the new Post-Modern Age
'Cause somewhere along the line all the decades align.

We were the crashing whitecaps
On the ocean
And what lovely sea-side holiday, away
A palm tree in Christmas lights
My emotion
Struck a sparkling tone like a xylophone
As we spent the day alone

Cheer up and dry your damp eyes and tell me when it rains
And I'll blend up that rainbow above you and shoot it through your veins
'Cause your heart has a lack of color and we should've known
That we'd grow up sooner or later 'cause we wasted all our free time alone





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  1. e.... e....

    The lyrics to this popped up as one of my status memories on facebook from 2011. So glad it did, I forgot about this

  2. R.... L....

    A gay bop!

  3. g.... ....

    *why would people dislike this*

  4. H.... 1....

    i wish he would make songs like this again

  5. I.... Z....

    I'm happy to not be the only one here in 2019.

  6. W.... L....

    This makes me feel so nostalgic




    I don't know what I'm nostalgic for, but okay.

  7. K.... i....

    MY BESTIE HAS RAINBOW IN HIS VEINS





    BC HE IS GAAAAAAAYYYY

  8. e.... g....

    God I forgot how good owl city is I’m crying rn

  9. S.... j....

    who is here in 2019?

  10. K.... S....

    This songs like if swimming in miami had an extention.

  11. R.... S....

    Hey I am writing songs for fun. I have a good one but I am afraid to share it because I don't want anyone to sing it

  12. R.... S....

    Love it!

  13. E.... ....

    This is my go-to song for a bad day.

  14. o.... t....

    to me, this could be the finale episode of a tv show and this is the epilogue where the main character is walking down the sidewalk wearing winter clothes, joyous that his adventure is finally over.

  15. T.... B....

    I am a Geography teacher one of the video I showed to my students was on overgrazing, the music was amazing for the video, this is how I discovered " Owl City".

  16. I.... s....

    Adam Young was the first musician/band I ever got into. I only had a few of his songs on my mp3 player but that was a phase in my life where I was basically surgically attached to my headphones. If I wasn't listening to his happy vibes I was either asleep or in church. XD Now all it takes is the first few notes of each song to make me almost cry. That was the happiest time of my life.

    I.... s....

    What is your religion? If this sounds creepy sorry, just curious

  17. e.... r....

    Listened to this in middle school now im 22 omg time flies.....

    e.... r....

    me too man. man it's been a while, huh?

  18. a.... ....

    this song makes me wanna wiggle

    a.... ....

    alexa

    I wiggle at his voice every song

  19. T.... ....

    I like 0:01

  20. J.... G....

    I’m sick and tired of people saying they were born gay, you had owl city shoot rainbows into your veins on the 8th grade and now you are the way you are 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈



    This isn’t a hate comment btw to owl city or to the lgbt community
    I’m a bisexual
    💜💖💙

  21. F.... G....

    Is YouTube broken or something??? ONLY 606 LIKES?!? It should be a million!!!!

    F.... G....

    to be fair, it only popped up in late 2018, it seems.

    F.... G....

    it's because it's a reupload and not the original

  22. A.... ....

    mother fuckin 10 years T_T

  23. Q.... T....

    I love you Owl City

  24. A.... S....

    Can never stop listening

  25. g.... ....

    i JUST found this song. ik alot of people grew up with song but I never did , I really love it. it makes me feel so nice.

    g.... ....

    gp'art shoot you up with some rainbows :p

    g.... ....

    same i grew up on a lot of the adam's songs but i never heard this!

  26. P.... S....

    When he says "we wasted all our free time alone"

    *I felt that*

    P.... S....

    Same! The rest of the lyrics are meaningless to me and then bang! Right in the heart. That line is why I listen to this song.

  27. K.... C....

    stupid people are the kind of people who hate this art

  28. K.... C....

    anyone know how to like a video more than once?

    K.... C....

    I wish. I watched it on repeat for three hours while doing school stuff and THE VIEWS NEVER WENT UP!!! I'm so salty at Youtube.

  29. J.... G....

    Poetry.

  30. C.... W....

    Thank you

  31. E.... L....

    Cheer up and dry your damp eyes ...

  32. V.... G....

    17 comment in 2019! Adam is such a good music artist, this is my favorite song by him we even share the same last name!

  33. P.... W....

    one of my faves <3

  34. J.... R....

    This song will always carry a special place in my heart..till doom's day

  35. H.... R....

    Lyrics:
    High rise, veins of the avenue
    Bright eyes and subtle variations of blue
    Everywhere is balanced there like a rainbow above you
    Street lights glisten on the boulevard
    And cold nights make staying alert so hard
    For heaven's sake, keep me awake so I won't be caught off guard
    Clearly I am a passerby but I'll find a place to stay
    Dear pacific day, won't you take me away?

    Small town hearts of the New Year
    Brought down by gravity, crystal clear
    City fog and brave dialogue converge on the frontier
    Make haste, I feel your heartbeat
    With new taste for speed, out on the street
    Find a road to a humble abode where both of our routes meet
    The silver sound is all around and the colors fall like snow
    The feeling of letting go, I guess we'll never know

    Cheer up and dry your damp eyes and tell me when it rains
    And I'll blend up that rainbow above you and shoot it through your veins
    Cause your heart has a lack of color and we should've known
    That we'd grow up sooner or later cause we wasted all our free time alone

    Your nerves gather with the altitude
    Exhale the stress so you don't come unglued
    Somewhere there is a happy affair, a ghost of a good mood
    Wide eyed, panic on the getaway
    The high tide could take me so far away
    VCR's and motorcars unite on the Seventh Day
    A popular gauge will measure the rage of the new Post-Modern Age
    Cause somewhere along the line all the decades align

    We were the crashing whitecaps
    On the ocean
    And what lovely seaside holiday, away
    A palm tree in Christmas lights
    My emotion
    Struck a sparkling tone like a xylophone
    As we spent the day alone

    Cheer up and dry your damp eyes and tell me when it rains
    And I'll blend up that rainbow above you and shoot it through your veins
    Cause your heart has a lack of color and we should've known
    That we'd grow up sooner or later 'cause we wasted all our free time alone

    Great lyrics by Adam Young :3

  36. B.... ....

    Can’t believe how many people are here in 2019. Such a great song to relate to whether you are happy or sad

    B.... ....

    Yeah great song to listen to stoned as hell too.

    B.... ....

    Forgotten Syrup I always thought the shooting through ur veins was a drug reference lol

  37. �.... ....

    This song is my favorite of all. It makes me so nostalgic

  38. S.... O....

    This is the greatest song

  39. C.... H....

    Really like it.!

  40. T.... ....

    Wish he would sing this at more of his concerts.

  41. S.... ....

    I hope his next is dreamy and like bird you’ll just fly away to sky and beyond

  42. S.... ....

    I wonder if he does free performances for his family

  43. S.... ....

    Adam makes the darkest day seem like they stormy clouds go away and the sun comes in takes away your anxiety

  44. D.... P....

    This is what nostalgia sounds like

  45. T.... H....

    This album is his best.