Smoke City are best known for their single Underwater Love, which was a major hit in 1996. The music video is notable for predating the film The Matrix in its use of bullet time motion.
In 1997 the band released their first album, Flying Away, which included several hits like Underwater Love and Mr. Gorgeous (and Miss Curvaceous).
While Flying Away was hard to classify because it had everything from light trip-hop to gentle guitar ballads, Smoke City's next album, Heroes of Nature (released in 2001), was considered too odd even by fans, combining even more styles and incorporating dance beats in some of the tracks. An extended version of Heroes of Nature had three more tracks than the original, one of them being a cover of John Lennon's famous song Imagine.
The group disbanded in 2002.
Underwater Love
Smoke City Lyrics
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The way I feel it slipping all over me
This must be underwater love
The way I feel it
O que que é esse amor, d'água
Deve sentir muito parecido a esse amor
O que que é esse amor, d'água
Deve sentir muito parecido a esse amor
Esse amor com paixão, ai
Esse amor com paixão, ai que coisa
After the rain comes sun
After the sun comes rain again
After the rain comes sun
After the sun comes rain again
After the rain comes sun
After the sun comes rain again
This must be underwater love
The way I feel it slipping all over me
This must be underwater love
The way I feel it
O que que é esse amor, d'água
Eu sei que eu não quero mais nada
Follow me now
To a place you only dreamt of
Before I came along
When I first saw you
I was deep in clear blue water
The sun was shining
Calling me to come and see you
I touched your soft skin
And you jumped in with your eyes closed
And a smile upon your face
Você vem, você cai
Você vem e cai
E vem aqui pra cá
Porque eu quero te beijar na sua boca
Que coisa louca
Vem aqui pra cá
Eu quero te beijar na sua boca
Ô que boca gostosa
After the rain comes sun
After the sun comes rain again
After the rain comes sun
After the sun comes rain again
Cai, cai e tudo tudo cai
E tudo cai pra lá e pra cá
Pra lá e pra cá
E vamos nadar
E vamos nadar e tudo tudo dá
This must be underwater love
The way I feel it slipping all over me
This must be underwater love
The way I feel it, oh
The lyrics for Smoke City's song "Underwater Love" are a mix of languages, with the main verses in English and a bridge in Portuguese. The song speaks about the intense feeling of love, comparing it to the sensation of being underwater. The repetitive line "This must be underwater love, the way I feel it slipping all over me" evokes a sense of surrendering to this feeling, like being immersed in water.
The bridge in Portuguese translates to "What is this love, of water? It must feel very similar to this love. This love with passion, oh This love with passion, oh what a thing". The use of a different language adds to the dreamlike quality of the song and emphasizes the idea that love can be felt universally, without the limitations of language.
The chorus reiterates that this is indeed underwater love and emphasizes the physical sensation of it "slipping all over me". The later verses describe a meeting between the two lovers, with the singer urging the listener to follow them to a place they've only dreamt of. The image of "deep in clear blue water" adds to the underwater theme and continues to blur the line between reality and a dreamlike state.
Overall, "Underwater Love" is a song that describes the deep and all-encompassing feeling of love, using vivid imagery and a mix of languages to create a dreamlike state that emphasizes the universality of this emotion.
Line by Line Meaning
This must be underwater love
The love must be like water or in a watery state
The way I feel it slipping all over me
The love feels like it's slipping or spreading all over the person
O que que é esse amor, d'água
What is this love in water?
Deve sentir muito parecido a esse amor
It must feel very similar to this love
Esse amor com paixão, ai
This love with passion
Esse amor com paixão, ai que coisa
This love with passion, oh what a thing
After the rain comes sun
There is a cycle of rain and sun
After the sun comes rain again
After the sun, there will be more rain
Follow me now
Come with me
To a place you only dreamt of
To a place that you have only dreamed of before
Before I came along
Before I arrived
When I first saw you
When I first saw you
I was deep in clear blue water
I was in deep and clear blue water
The sun was shining
The sun was shining
Calling me to come and see you
Inviting me to come and see you
I touched your soft skin
I touched your soft skin
And you jumped in with your eyes closed
You jumped in with your eyes closed
And a smile upon your face
And a smile on your face
Você vem, você cai
You come, you fall
Você vem e cai
You come and fall
E vem aqui pra cá
And come here
Porque eu quero te beijar na sua boca
Because I want to kiss you on your mouth
Que coisa louca
What a crazy thing
Vem aqui pra cá
Come here
Eu quero te beijar na sua boca
I want to kiss you on your mouth
Ô que boca gostosa
Oh, what a tasty mouth
Cai, cai e tudo tudo cai
Fall, fall, and everything falls
E tudo cai pra lá e pra cá
And everything falls to and fro
Pra lá e pra cá
To and fro
E vamos nadar
And let's go swimming
E vamos nadar e tudo tudo dá
Let's go swimming and everything will be alright
This must be underwater love
The love must be like water or in a watery state
The way I feel it slipping all over me
The love feels like it's slipping or spreading all over the person
This must be underwater love
The love must be like water or in a watery state
The way I feel it
The way I feel it
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Sentric Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: LUIZ BONFA, MARC BROWN, CHRIS FRANC, NINA ROCHA MIRANDA
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