Alien (song)

## Music Video

**"Alien"** is a stand-alone single by RAYE, released June 4, 2015.

## Background

Talking about the song, RAYE explained:

> "The song represents how I dream to feel about someone in the future, but that someone is non-existent or hiding right now – which is why I call them my ‘Alien’… The alien in my song is the change that I hope one day someone can show me. I have such a cold, rational way of thinking about love and sharing happiness, but this song is almost like a dream I would have. Someone coming along to redefine my perspective. Alien had to be the perfect word to describe this whole feeling, because the whole idea is so alien to me."
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## Lyrics

It feels really nice to get deep and down with you

When I move with you, I see stars moving and I won't stop

The pursuit of it

'Cause I'm new to this

Uh, I'm not used to this, see my home planet

That I come from is another world but I found you

Yeah, I found you

'Cause I, I do not know this place

But why do I feel so safe out here

When I do not know this place?

I'm feeling so lost in space round here

I'm feeling so lost in space

I think it's gonna be okay

When I see your face

When I see your face

Alien, alien

Don't worry 'bout where we go

I'll beam you up, you bring me down

Don't care if all the creatures know

Alien, alien

I love the way you move

So graceful in your melodies

And everything I do (alien. alien)

And it's okay if I glow (alien, alien)

'Cause there's no place like home

Take a trip to this on my wishlist

All your promises, is that okay?

Wanna show you space

Untraveled space

Wanna hear your stories on your troubled days

Wanna tell you mine, so don't go away

If you want this

Do you want this?

'Cause I, I do not know this place

But why do I feel so safe out here

When I do not know this place?

I'm feeling so lost in space 'round here

I'm feeling so lost in space (feeling so lost in place)

I think it's gonna be okay

When I see your face

When I see your face

Alien, alien

Don't worry 'bout where we go

I'll beam you up, you bring me down

Don't care if all the creatures know

Alien, alien

I love the way you move

So graceful in your melodies

And everything I do (alien, alien)

And it's okay if I glow (alien, alien)

'Cause there's no place like home

Yeah, you're extra, I'm extraterrestrial

I think our worlds are symmetrical

You can be my angel, I'm celestial

Bulletproof love over money, I'll invest in you

Have a heart to heart before I have a chest to chest with you

You don't let nothing but me get on top of you, girl, what's stressing you?

Yeah, I swear every new chapter's like an old page

I think I'm way too old for my old ways

No way I'm gonna be with you

If I'm the alien, you alienate

Yeah, food for thought, you should take me away

I don't need space and it's crazy, 'cause it's crazy in space

I don't know why you don't know why

I call the streets home sweet home in the night, night

Yeah, and even though we didn't plan it

This is Venus vs Mars, I'm just fighting for my planet

Alien, alien

Don't worry 'bout where we go

I'll beam you up, you bring me down

Don't care if all the creatures know

Alien, alien

I love the way you move

So graceful in your melodies (so graceful in your melodies)

And everything I do

And it's okay if I glow

'Cause there's no place like home

## Music video

RAYE released a music video on the same day as the single, the video features raye at one with nature, amongst a beautiful forest backdrop.

## Refrences

1. ↑ https://www.famemagazine.co.uk/raye-unveils-alien-video-its-almost-like-a-dream-i-would-have/
2. ↑ https://www.complex.com/music/a/tobi-oke/premiere-raye-alien-feat-avelino-video