Sia - Under The Milky Way Lyrics






Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty
Sound of their breath fades with the light
I think about the loveless fascination
Under the milky way tonight

Lower the curtain down in Memphis
Lower the curtain down all right
I got no time for private consultation, yeah
Under the milky way tonight

I wish I knew what you were looking for
I might have known what you would find

And there's something quite peculiar
Something shimmering and white
Leads you here despite your destination
Under the milky way tonight

I wish I knew what you were looking for
I might have known what you would find
I wish I knew what you were looking for
I might have known what you would find

Under the milky way tonight
Under the milky way tonight

I wish I knew what you were looking for
I might have known what you would find
I wish I knew what you were looking for
I might have known what you would find

The milky way tonight
Under the milky way tonight
Ohhh, under the milky way tonight
Under the milky way tonight

Under the milky way tonight
Under the milky way tonight...





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  1. S.... S....

    ❣❤❤❤❣

  2. X.... M....

    I love Sia's cover of this song. It reminds me of the Lincoln car commercial.
    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus
    Love sia ❤❤ so talented ! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

  3. c.... ....

    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus
    I like this version....it's now, but you can't beat The Church's original. Sia rules by the way!
    This is amazing 😍 😍.
    Love sia and the original by the church as well

  4. W.... W....

    She pays homage, and that I'm respectful of.....however, it's a terrible cover.

  5. M.... T....

    Fantastic Song. I love Sia but the original is much better
    Love sia ❤❤ so talented ! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

  6. S.... f....

    This is amazing 😍 😍.
    Love sia and the original by the church as well
    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus

  7. s.... r....

    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus
    This is amazing 😍 😍.
    This is amazing 😍 😍.
    Love sia and the original by the church as well

  8. k.... t....

    This is amazing 😍 😍.
    Love sia and the original by the church as well
    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus
    Fantastic Song. I love Sia but the original is much better
    I like this version....it's now, but you can't beat The Church's original. Sia rules by the way!

  9. M.... S....

    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus
    I like this version....it's now, but you can't beat The Church's original. Sia rules by the way!

  10. R.... R....

    I love Sia's cover of this song. It reminds me of the Lincoln car commercial.
    Love sia and the original by the church as well
    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus
    This is amazing 😍 😍.
    This is amazing 😍 😍.

  11. m.... s....

    This is amazing 😍 😍.
    Love sia and the original by the church as well
    I love Sia's cover of this song. It reminds me of the Lincoln car commercial.

  12. O.... D....

    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus
    Fantastic Song. I love Sia but the original is much better

  13. n.... s....

    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus
    I love Sia's cover of this song. It reminds me of the Lincoln car commercial.

  14. A.... B....

    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus
    This is amazing 😍 😍.
    This is amazing 😍 😍.

  15. r.... C....

    This is amazing 😍 😍.
    Love sia and the original by the church as well

  16. i.... v....

    I love Sia's cover of this song. It reminds me of the Lincoln car commercial.
    I like this version....it's now, but you can't beat The Church's original. Sia rules by the way!

  17. L.... J....

    I love Sia's cover of this song. It reminds me of the Lincoln car commercial.
    I would love to hear this song sampled...
    Beautiful... straight vibes....

  18. S.... W....

    Does anyone else know this from The Church also?
    This is amazing 😍 😍.

  19. s.... ....

    I love Sia's cover of this song. It reminds me of the Lincoln car commercial.
    Love sia ❤❤ so talented ! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
    I would love to hear this song sampled...
    Beautiful... straight vibes....
    This is amazing 😍 😍.

  20. K.... K....

    Fantastic Song. I love Sia but the original is much better
    I love Sia's cover of this song. It reminds me of the Lincoln car commercial.
    This is amazing 😍 😍.

  21. V.... G....

    I like this version....it's now, but you can't beat The Church's original. Sia rules by the way!
    Does anyone else know this from The Church also?

  22. M.... D....

    i wish i could hear this in space would be amazing
    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus
    This is amazing 😍 😍.
    I like this version....it's now, but you can't beat The Church's original. Sia rules by the way!

  23. i.... t....

    I like this version....it's now, but you can't beat The Church's original. Sia rules by the way!
    i wish i could hear this in space would be amazing
    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus

    i.... t....

    Why do I keep seeing this comment over and over?

  24. S.... M....

    Fantastic Song. I love Sia but the original is much better
    Love sia and the original by the church as well

  25. S.... B....

    i wish i could hear this in space would be amazing
    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus
    Love sia ❤❤ so talented ! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

    S.... B....

    Sharece Burk there's no sound in space it is a vaccuum.

  26. J.... D....

    I would love to hear this song sampled...
    Beautiful... straight vibes....
    This is amazing 😍 😍.

  27. C.... M....

    i wish i could hear this in space would be amazing
    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus

  28. �.... ....

    Love sia ❤❤ so talented ! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
    I love Sia's cover of this song. It reminds me of the Lincoln car commercial.
    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus

  29. E.... P....

    I would love to hear this song sampled...
    Beautiful... straight vibes....
    Some people really showing a shallow breadth of musical taste.
    A great tune and vocal by Sia.

  30. J.... B....

    Does anyone else know this from The Church also?
    No bagpipes, that made the song


    it's alright ... The DRIVER then is now a DADDY!

  31. H.... N....

    This is one of my all-time favorite covers by Sia - originally performed by The Church in 1988 - Under the Milkey Way - I posted about this song a couple of times on YouTube over the years how Sia; for a long time, never got credit for covering this song.

    Wikipedia gives the credit to Sia Furler for 'Under the Milky Way' in 2010... but, this is wrong; Sia had been recorded earlier and released for a TV advertisement a year earlier...

    Again, I posted about this some years ago; back when I was fond of Sia's singing; long before her gimmick 'hair' stage presence of today. But, this has to be one of her best covers ever; even today, it still has a wonderful sound to it. __________ and now to my older post...

    This is one of those songs that deserved to be re-arranged and re-sung by an awesome voice; and when Sia sang this cover & version, it made me melt. When I first heard this version of this song, it was years ago, played for some car Ad; the Lincoln MKT commercial back in early 2009 upon as a TV commercial release. That was when I began my search to find out who this singer was; long before I knew who 'Sia' was ...and, there began my difficult search.

    I didn't know of Sia, nor did the advertisement give me any clue, but I knew if I searched long and hard enough online, I'd eventually find the singer and song (keeping in mind 'a younger Internet.' Back then, this song hadn't yet been released as a single or on an LP; as far as I knew, it was done exclusively for the car Ad, as so many other songs were, most often called 'jingles' - but this was no jingle. I only found a reference to this singer through a blog on a website, but no mention (or credit) to Sia of this song, but and even then, the song was not yet up on Youtube. Not knowing this lady was from Australia didn't make my search any easier either; Sia was still a bit obscure from Mainstream music scene in the U.S; despite already performing a few live session on air on SoCal's KCRW in 2006 and 2007 on 'Morning Becomes Eclectic.' Anyway, I wasn't yet aware of Sia. Despite all this, it took me a while, but I eventually found the entire song on YouTube, but of a poor recording, which I then held onto it like gold... until I found this later uploaded 'pure gold' version.

    Even today,* (noted below) if you look up Sia Furler's discography on Wikipedia, you won't find a mention of this song on it, or the commercial. And what a shame this is; if it hadn't been for the commercial, I'd never have known or learned Sia and of her previous work -- well, at least for a while. However, she had done other nice songs in the past, like Breathe Me, Don't Bring Me Down, and 'Numb;' including five albums 1997 to 2010. But none of the songs; in my opinion, that she had done were as lovely as she performed with, Under the Milky Way.

    Update:

    * (11/23/14) Back when I wrote this original post, Wikipedia hadn't updated Sia's discography yet, crediting her performance of this song; however, it now has now been updated, with a small paragraph-update on Sia's Wiki page...It's About Time. ; )

    Keep in mind that Sia is only credited for the song's release in January of 2010 and not when the actual car Ad came out; however, she recorded this song much earlier to correspond to the early 2009 Lincoln MKT commercial release; much earlier before the song's 'official' release date; perhaps possibly due to contractual obligations, but just not sure.

    Sia - Under the Milky Way (ca. 2009)...

    H.... N....

    Thank you 🙏🏾

  32. M.... O....

    Pretty song!

  33. A.... N....

    Pretty 💚💚

  34. T.... ....

    I love Sia, but this is not a song she should cover.

  35. Q.... e....

    LINCOLN?

  36. A.... ....

    Sia's early stuff with the band ZERO 7 is amazing!

  37. A.... ....

    The Church is amazing! Australia's Pink Floyd and then some!

  38. C.... ....

    Awesome!!!!!!!

  39. D.... D....

    Strange how a car commercial back in October 2009 brought me to this song ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💋

    D.... D....

    YUP! Made me kinda horny.😆

  40. J.... G....

    I prefer The Church's version but I love Sia's stuff too. The Church IMHO are possibly the best band over the last 37 years and hopefully someone like Sia covering them will gain them exposure/fans as they deserve to be much bigger than they are

  41. A.... B....

    Sia covering to The Church? woooow it's very amazing

  42. 3.... C....

    Great cover of a classic. Gives a different generation a chance to hear the original songs they never heard

  43. T.... U....

    I feel like this would have been way better if Sia chose to have the instrumentals go a bit slower than the original version and make it as stripped down as possible.

  44. L.... A....

    I adore this song and this is one awesome cover. So much respect for this woman.

  45. T.... M....

    C+ for effort

  46. c.... d....

    She butchered this

    c.... d....

    I completely agree! Nothing like Steve Kilbey's voice and Peter Koppes on Guitar! Nothing compares.

    c.... d....

    cavid dopperfield fuck you

    c.... d....

    I love it! Sia is amazing.

  47. C.... L....

    I love Sia's cover of this song. It reminds me of the Lincoln car commercial.

    C.... L....

    Christopher Lewis its her

    C.... L....

    Its smart marketing.

  48. E.... M....

    Love sia ❤❤ so talented ! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

  49. F.... R....

    I heard this song used in a car commercial.... when I was a child years ago its so nostalgic finding the it again.

    F.... R....

    Felix Rodriguez me too..lincoln mk i think

    F.... R....

    That car is so ugly ahahah🤣

    F.... R....

    *Me too*

    F.... R....

    That's exactly how I found the song 10 years ago looking for the commercial 💖

    F.... R....

    Me too...

  50. N.... T....

    was playing at bunnings the other evening when i was there :)

  51. D.... H....

    I know this song from that cool car commercial long ago (Lincoln...right!). But I knew about Sia since Zero7 and saw always loved her. Its awesome she finally blew up so more people could see her beauty and talent. Theres no other like SIA. <3

    D.... H....

    Dan Howard I so agree with you… Many people don't even know about Zero7

  52. N.... T....

    milky way only visible from the southern hemisphere for the next billion years or so till the arm we are in spins around to the other side of the galaxy.....

  53. W.... F....

    I love this cover, Sia is amazing

  54. H.... G....

    hotmailtiedieblue

  55. B.... A....

    Props to her for covering a certified alternative classic...but The Church's version is still miles better.

    B.... A....

    Brent Anthonisen lmao

    B.... A....

    She did this for a commercial

  56. i.... ....

    I would love to hear this song sampled...
    Beautiful... straight vibes....

  57. J.... ....

    Right around 2:19, it reminded me of how John Frusciante would play in the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Sia and Frusicante...now that would be a kick ass collaboration!

  58. a.... s....

    i was rewatching greek and heard this!!!!!

  59. C.... M....

    This is amazing 😍 😍.

  60. 2.... n....

    i wish i could hear this in space would be amazing

    2.... n....

    Here is a song for you...."Flow" by Transitor

  61. C.... ....

    I think this version is a bit to "busy". Given new recording methods and technology I thought this would be a lot better.

  62. p.... ....

    Is she christian

    p.... ....

    +pei Her voice is

    p.... ....

    +Jake Hart ooooh yes it is....

    p.... ....

    she isn't religious

    p.... ....

    She believes on a Higher Power called Whatever Dude which is a queer surfing Santa that looks like her grandpa.

    p.... ....

    That why she has the words "Whatever Dude" tatooed on her hand

  63. m.... ....

    better than the original to me

  64. c.... ....

    Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty,
    Sound of their breath fades with the light.
    I think about the loveless fascination,
    Under the milky way tonight.

    Lower the curtain down in memphis,
    Lower the curtain down all right.
    I got no time for private consultation,
    Under the milky way tonight.

    I Wish I knew what you were looking for.
    I Might have known what you would find.

    And its something quite peculiar,
    Something thats shimmering and white.
    Leads you here despite your destination,
    Under the milky way tonight
    (chorus)
    Under the milky way tonight.

    I Wish I knew what you were looking for.
    I Might have known what you would find.
    I Wish I knew what you were looking for.
    I Might have known what you would find.

    Under the milky way tonight
    (chorus)
    Under the milky way tonight.

    I Wish I knew what you were looking for.
    I Might have known what you would find.
    I Wish I knew what you were looking for.
    I Might have known what you would find.

    Under the milky way tonight
    (chorus)
    Under the milky way tonight.

    c.... ....

    +californyaeh thanks

  65. S.... A....

    Fantastic Song. I love Sia but the original is much better

  66. A.... ....

    I love this song the music is awesome

  67. j.... a....

    I'm with you.

  68. C.... C....

    Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty,
    Sound of their breath fades with the light.
    I think about the loveless fascination,
    Under the milky way tonight.

    Lower the curtain down in memphis,
    Lower the curtain down all right.
    I got no time for private consultation,
    Under the milky way tonight.

    Wish I knew what you were looking for.
    Might have known what you would find.
    Wish I knew what you were looking for.
    Might have known what you would find.

    And its something quite peculiar,
    Something thats shimmering and white.
    Leads you here despite your destination,
    Under the milky way tonight
    (chorus)
    Under the milky way tonight.

  69. S.... O....

    liked! I got a Sia cover on my channel for anyone interested. much appreciated!

  70. w.... ....

    Greatest female artist in Australia covering Australia's greatest band ever. What's not to like? 

    w.... ....

    ... I love The Church and Sia's version of this song! Beautiful 💜

    w.... ....

    @pinkusensei or an INXS song

    w.... ....

    @Cardinal Ximinez Good point.

    w.... ....

    The Church were half Kiwi

    w.... ....

    Jessica Mauboy cover is amazing 💯❤

  71. I.... ....

    I like this version....it's now, but you can't beat The Church's original. Sia rules by the way!

  72. S.... W....

    Love sia and the original by the church as well

    S.... W....

    There's also a great cover by Seven Nations..

  73. L.... ....

    Does anyone else know this from The Church also?

    L.... ....

    Lhotis yup, I like both of them.

    L.... ....

    Lhotis yes

    L.... ....

    Lhotis dude the church made the song.

    L.... ....

    ABSOLUTELY

  74. L.... P....

    Great sound love the emotion🌻

  75. E.... S....

    ... i haz a case of the 'swoons'

    E.... S....

    Eryn Saddler lolll

  76. j.... a....

    A star can't think?Its got a lot more energy in it then we do in us.Sorry,I'm buzzed.

    j.... a....

    Stars are abiotic and composed of hydrogen and helium mostly.
    But, if you want to get metaphorical, most of our atoms are created from stars which exploded millions of years ago. So, technically you're totally right.

    j.... a....

    and how would you even begin to think you know if a star can think or not?? which has nothing to do with our atoms and everything else for that matter coming from stars which is a very vague statement given by a scientist trying to dumb it down so the average, dont think before they speak people that love to argue points they cant comprehend in the first place which just makes everyone more dumb so please just chut up...donnie darko bit  i little lesson on stars is its every element as a gas thats spun and compressed by a black hole somewhere close by some blow up creating new things some die creating other things but it all starts from clouds of gas OH and its now not the big bang but the big bounce!

    j.... a....

    @josh blinger hell what i said is somewhat wrong simply because no one knows if anything the scientists collectively agree upon is even right in the first place when i was in elementary there were only 9 planets in our solar system. the only undeniable thing in existence is that nothing is black and white the only fact is there are no facts because everything changes if i were yall id take everything you hear with a grain of salt 

    j.... a....

    @josh blinger
    Perspective is the only reality, so it's true that everything changes—or nothing changes. The fact is that everything is relative. At least, it would be if there were any facts, which, of course, there aren't (at least not objectively speaking).
    That planet thing, for instance—there were nine planets until the term "planet" was officially redefined by a bunch of astronomers in 2006. Now there are (and by current definition, always were) eight planets in our star system—relative to the perspective of the current definition of the term.
    Acknowledge and respect, but never bow to any authority on any subject. And never blindly trust the "facts".

    j.... a....

    ya exoplanets!
     and we got some wormholes called xpoints on nasa.gov check it out man

  77. j.... a....

    If time and space are the same thing,it can.

  78. i.... ....

    cant like this enuf. summer time in aus

  79. G.... ....

    It's good that Sia is getting reognition, but you do realise that this is a cover of someone elses song right?

  80. C.... ....

    I was high as shit the first time i heard this. Great song

  81. S.... ....

    Bang on she deserves all the exposure she can get. Denying the world this beautiful voice would be a tragedy.

  82. P.... C....

    One of the perils of being an I-clone! Overpriced and made (for the most part) by Samsung! That is why I am sticking with Android! BUT.. I do feel sorry that you can't get this on your pad.. Missing out on mobile excellence..

    P.... C....

    Pete Cleverley take your meds bro.

  83. w.... ....

    faster tempo than the original

  84. D.... ....

    Some people really showing a shallow breadth of musical taste.
    A great tune and vocal by Sia.

  85. M.... ....

    lol wtf? that techno voice? stick to your techno? guess you have never lsitened to her and are just hating because its a cover. i have heard the original and i like this version better, guess everyone has their opinions but to brand her as a techno voice because she did some collaborations with other people and hate so much damn,

  86. T.... D....

    I know! I loveeee Cappie and Casey and this song during the Cappieland scene was precious!! I miss the show too :(

  87. G.... A....

    Nice cover ;)

  88. M.... S....

    Why the everliving fluck is this pc only, I wanna listen to this on my iPad

  89. D.... F....

    I always thought "Midnight Oil - In the Valley" would be a great anthem for Australia,

  90. R.... B....

    it's alright ... The DRIVER then is now a DADDY!

  91. y.... ....

    This is a nice re-make but to say it's better then the original, not even close

  92. L.... ....

    it's also in one of my favorite scenes in Greek man I miss that show, Cappie and Casey forever <3!!!

    Sia songs are so powerful she is such a talented singer I can't find fault

  93. i.... ....

    Donnie Darko....... epic

  94. k.... m....

    Love it!

  95. t.... ....

    itss better than churche's version in my opinion

    t.... ....

    theoatmilk you just expose your age

  96. D.... K....

    unbranded! today

  97. C.... B....

    No bagpipes, that made the song

  98. C.... M....

    kill hannah also sung this too.