Athlete are an English indie rock/"casio rock" (that's what they call it themselves) band. Friends since the age of fourteen, Athlete took their wide ranging influences such as Grandaddyand The Flaming Lipsand started jamming and practicing in the basement of The Bear, a pub which was converted into a church and sandwich bar, on Deptford High Street in 1999. They began recording here before sending demos out. Signing with Regal Recordings, they released their first single in February '02. The band came to prominence in 2003 when their debut album - Vehicles and Animals - produced popular singles such as You Got the Style and El Salvador.
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Athlete

//Mmmmmmm
mmmmmmm//
seven out a twenty one knocked down now only fourteen left to go
i didn't know that i was next in line but it is not as if i had much time
jet black all around me voices calling saying please don't go away
last thing i remember drifting down this tunnel was bright light ahead

out of nowhere it came and hit me on the head
out of nowhere
i saw it over there before it hit you on the head
i saw it over there
out of nowhere it came and hit me on the head
out of nowhere
i saw it over there before it hit you on the head
i saw it over there

//mmmmmmm
mmmmmmm//

seven out a twenty one knocked down now only fourteen left to go
didn't know that i was next in line but it is not as if i had much time
jet black all around me voices calling saying please don't go away
last thing i remember drifting down this tunnel was bright light ahead

then
when i came around somebody helped me to my feet and said i can't believe you're still alive
i seen twenty other people in the last half an hour who've been hit right between the eyes
it seems that somebody somewhere's on a mission to protect ya cos there's no way that you should've survived
hurrah, hurrah, hurrah //hurrah//
we're still alive

out of nowhere it came and hit me on the head
out of nowhere
i saw it over there before it hit you on the head
i saw it over there
out of nowhere it came and hit me on the head
out of nowhere
i saw it over there before it hit you on the head
i saw it over there

out of nowhere it came and hit me on the head
out of nowhere
i saw it over there before it hit you on the head
i saw it over there

out of nowhere