Maximo Park - Overland, West of Suez lyrics

Overland the desert sands are born An all too brief exchange The details somehow got waylaid Neither of us were born to be leaders But you made the first move to escape Closer than me to the equator I looked you up on graph paper Not as close as we once were, oh no. Undeterred, a man of words was born Your vocation came You found your target and took aim Take me to where bodies glide Graceful underneath the waves Closer than me to the equator I looked you up on graph paper Not as close as we once were, no. Not as close as we once were, no. I thought I saw your older sister I was gonna ask after you West of Suez, East of Britain I was gonna ask after you 'Cause she looked so much like you I meant to ask after you.