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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All the energetic people they all sparkle as they're walking down the street
can't see their faces but i've noticed they seem to have big hands the stage is set, is the glamour, who's got my etnies?
now you know that i can see you and you know that it is easy
to see me something has been on my mind, something has struck me kind of odd, look out for quicksand, there is high ground
who wants this rockscene?

we sing
whenever you look you can see that everybody wants to be part of the rockscene
whenever you look you can see that everybody wants to be part of the rockscene

now the time has come and yeah the show it must stay strong
and are we all part of the latest craze or is this how we mend our ways
i can hear the taxi calling, telling me we haven't left yet.
as the lights go on we're out tonight somehow you seem to stand out
in a crowd you raise the tempo in the disco as you make this place your own
the stage is set, is the glamour i'm in this rockscene

chorus!
whenever you look you can see that everybody wants to be part of the rock scene
whenever you look you can see that everybody wants to be part of the rock scene
whenever you look you can see that everybody wants to be part of the rock scene
whenever you look you can see that everybody wants to be part of the rock scene

house on the rock
surely it will last forever?
house on the rock
don't you know it's now or never?
house on the rock
surely it will last forever?
house on the rock

chorus!
whenever you look you can see that everybody wants to be part of the rock scene
whenever you look you can see that everybody wants to be part of the rock scene
whenever you look you can see that everybody wants to be part of the rock scene
whenever you look you can see that everybody wants to be part of the rock scene

when when when when whenever, rock scene [repeat]