I know you, / you know me, / we don't need anything at all, / anyway. / The club lounge, / the right sounds, / but we were heading for a fall, / just slipped away, /

so tell me, / how did we get this far, / how did we get this far, / how did we get this far, / anyway? / So tell me, / how did we get this far, / how did we get this far, / how did we get this far, / far away? /

In deep space, / a big place / where we were hiding from it all, / yesterday. / Up mountains, / a snow-ride, / I don't feel anything at all, / anyway, /

and tell me, / how did we get this far, / how did we get this far, / how did we get this far, / anyway? / And tell me, / how did we get this far, / how did we get this far, / how did we get this far, / far away? /

So far away, / so far away. /

And tell me, / how did we get this far, / how did we get this far, / how did we get this far, / anyway? / And tell me, / how did we get this far, / how did we get this far, / how did we get this far, / far away? /

So tell me, / how did we get this far, (how did we get this far?) / how did we get this far, (how did we get this far?) / how did we get this far, / anyway? / And baby, / how did we get this far, (how did we get this far?) / how did we get this far, (how did we get this far?) / how did we get this far, / far away? /

So far away, / far away. / So far away, / far away. / So far away, / far away. / So far away, / far away.

Credits

Composition:

• Sarah Cracknell
• ??? Priestman
• Guy Batson
• Johnny Male

Vocals:

• Sarah Cracknell

Trivia

Departure Lounge may sound too good to have been left off Scare's LP but - heck - that just shows how fine an electropop record it'll be. Co-written with our sometime keyboard wiz Guy 'atsoz' Batson and Republica's chief raconteur Johnny Male. Came out on a Melody Maker tape last year.

Versions and sources

Departure Lounge

• The Basement Tapes Volume 1 [free tape with Melody Maker]
• Valentines Day '97 ep [CD]