From the recordings Quay of Sea Studio Sessions and Level Up (Quay of Sea Studio Sessions)
A nostalgic look at growing older and discovering that life doesn't necessarily get easier as we go. "Level Up" looks back at endless childhood days, friendships and simpler ambitions before confronting how quickly time begins to pass. Beneath the nostalgia is a hopeful reminder that sometimes it's okay to hit reset and start the journey again.
Lyrics
Sitting on the bench
With my friends
The days are long
We hope they’ll never end
Staying out until the sun sets
The street lights guide us
When we have to head in
And we were young when we knew
That growing up’s not hard to do
But the experience gained
Couldn’t help to break
These bonded chains
We levelled up
But the game it got harder
The goals we set kept getting
Farther and farther away
We levelled up
We levelled up
We levelled up
But the days they get shorter
The time we have keeps slipping
Faster and faster away
We levelled up
We levelled up
The lessons we were taught in school
Did not prepare us
Why’d we act a fool
Maybe if we’d counted to ten
Paid more attention
Tried to listen in
And we were young when we knew
That growing up’s not hard to do
But the experience gained
Couldn’t help to break these bonded chains
We levelled up
But the game it got harder
The goals we set kept getting
Farther and farther away
We levelled up
We levelled up
We levelled up
But the days they get shorter
The time we have keeps slipping
Faster and faster away
We levelled up
We levelled up
Maybe there’s a reset button
Maybe there’s a way to start again
To make it to the end
If we look up, up to the sky
Or reach down, down to the earth
Look left, look right, look left
Look right again
Maybe we should head on home
Maybe we should start
The journey again, from B to A
And hit the start again
And we were young when we knew
That growing up’s not hard to do
But the experience gained
Couldn’t help to break
These bonded chains
We levelled up
But the game it got harder
The goals we set kept getting
Farther and farther away
We levelled up, we levelled up
We levelled up
But the days they get shorter
The time we have keeps slipping
Faster and faster away
We levelled up
We levelled up
We levelled up
But the game it got harder
The goals we set kept getting
Farther and farther away
We levelled up
We levelled up
We levelled up
But the days they get shorter
The time we have keeps slipping
Faster and faster away
We levelled up
We levelled up
We levelled up
But the game it got harder
The goals we set kept getting
Farther and farther away
We levelled up, we levelled up
We levelled up, but the days
They get shorter
The time we have keeps slipping
Faster and faster away
We levelled up, we levelled up
And now I’m sitting
On the bench with my friend
The days are long we hope
They’ll never end
Staying out beyond the sunset
The stars now guide us
A new journey begins