Athlete es una banda inglesa de indie rock ganadora del premio Ivor Novello, procedente de Londres, Reino Unido. Está compuesta por Joel Pott (voz principal y guitarra), Carey Willets (bajo y coros), Stephen Roberts (batería y coros) y Tim Wanstall (teclados y coros). Actualmente, Jonny Pilcher apoya a la banda como guitarrista en vivo.
Amigos desde los 14 años, Athlete tomó las influencias de Grandaddy y The Flaming Lips y empezaron a tocar en el sótano de "El Oso" un bar ubicado en Deptford High Street en 1999.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Verse 1 Chords: CEmAmG Let's fall in love again, tap the windows and rescue our friends GAmCG How long til this makes sense, oh, oh CEmAmG Let's fall in love again, guard the windows and rescue our friends GAmCG How long til this makes sense, oh, oh
Chorus Chords: FC It's calling out loud and it's taking over AmG Bleeding right out of the summer sky FC It's calling out and it's taking over AmGFC We give it our all, so we don't know why we can't slow it down AmGFCAmG It's way too fast, slow it down, it's way to fast FC We're going on a search in some second hand stores AmG Gotta get back what we all threw away FC We're going on a search in the middle of nowhere AmGFCAm We don't know what we're doing but we gotta just give it a go GFCAmG We gotta just give it a go
Verse 2: (use verse 1 chords) Let's fall in love again tap the windows and rescue our friends How long til this makes sense, oh, oh Let's fall in love again, guard the windows and rescue our friends How long til this makes sense, oh, oh
Bridge Chords: AmF Now let's sing this song again, cause it's been messed up for years CG And let's make it ours aga-aaaaaain AmF Desperate like rainforest trees, straining towards broken light CG All fighting for their lives AmF Let's sing for Canada, cause that’s where this song began CG Born out of true romance
Chorus Chords: It's calling out loud and it's taking over Bleeding right out of the summer sky It's calling out and it's taking over We give it our all, so we don't know why we can't slow it down It's way too fast, slow it down, it's way to fast We're going on a search in some second hand stores Gotta get back what we all threw away We're going on a search in the middle of nowhere We don't know what we're doing but we gotta just give it a go We gotta just give it a go, slow it down, it's way too fast Slow it down, it's way too fast