"Mile High" lyrics

"Mile High"
(feat. Travis Scott & Metro Boomin)

[James Blake:]
Don't wanna see me by yourself...

[Travis Scott:]
We on a drive, looped in
Two seat ride, couped in
Who gon' slide? Who's in?
Big rocks 'round of ten
Fleetwood down, new sand
Two seat ride, couped in
Don't leave 'round loose ends
Don't be around new friends, yeah

We just be mile high clubbin'
I'm on a thousand miles runnin'
Hit it, go downtown Sunday
Then move it uptown Monday

[James Blake:]
Don't wanna see me by yourself...

[Travis Scott:]
If I give it to you, will you leave?
Tell it to you, will you speak?
Got it tatted on my sleeve
Fell in love oversea
Ass fatter than a peach
Ocean water kinda deep
Rolling up at the reef
Put me down, shake the sleep

[Travis Scott & James Blake:]
Flashin' light, do it sell?
Flashin' light, do it sell?
40 days, 40 nights
Feel like a holy night
The lesson's always there
That less is always more
And in the back and forth
I'm not keeping score
Lesson's always there
That less is always more
When you're alone with me
You never come up short
You never come up short
(Never come up short, never come up short, never come...)

[James Blake:]
Watch the fan as it spins
In my arms pretend
Don't know where you start
And where I begin
Like I found myself an imaginary friend
And when we stay in
I'm missin' everything

[Travis Scott:]
We just be mile high clubbin'
I'm on a thousand miles runnin'
Hit it, go downtown Sunday
Then move it uptown Monday

[James Blake:]
Don't wanna see me by yourself...

Hi-vest, never seen
Low-key as it's been
Fell in love overseas
Fell in love like it's easy
Put to sleep without dreams
Under the moonbeam
Call you for no reason
Hold on like it's greasy

[Travis Scott & James Blake:]
Flashin' light, do it sell?
Flashin' light, do it sell?
40 days, 40 nights
Feel like a holy night
The lesson's always there
That less is always more
And in the back and forth
I'm not keeping score
Lesson's always there
That less is always more
When you're alone with me
You never come up short
You never come up short
(Never come up short, never come up short, never come...)

[James Blake:]
See me by yourself...


Writer(s): Leland Tyler Wayne, Jacques Webster, Andre Eric Proctor, James Blake, Montrell Martinez
James Blake released this track, along with "Lullaby for My Insomniac", one day before the album's release.
The song was premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show on the 17th of January 2019.
"Mile high" refers to "mile-high club" which is referenced to in this song' chorus: "We just be mile high clubbing".
James Blake said to iTunes about this collaboration, "Travis is just exceptionally talented at melodies. The ones he wrote on that track are brilliant. And it was made possible by Metro—the beat is a huge part of why that track feels the way it does."
Travis Scott and James Blake worked together twice previously: Blake lent his vocals for Travis' song "The Ends" (2016) and was featured on Travis' song "Stop Trying To Be God" (2018).