Above Ally Pally

North London — Heights · Isle of Not Alone

A North London height where solitude becomes altitude.

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There is a place in North London where the city suddenly drops away.

From the hill of Alexandra Park, London no longer feels like a machine. It becomes breath. Light. Distance.

Standing above Ally Pally, you don’t hear traffic as movement anymore — you hear it as weather.

This song was not written to describe London, but to mark a moment of not belonging that quietly turns into not being alone.

Below the hill, millions of lives move at different speeds. On the hill, time loosens its grip.

The palace itself is not a monument here. It is a witness. A structure that has seen broadcasts begin, crowds gather, wars end, and nights repeat themselves endlessly without explanation.

“Above Ally Pally” exists inside Isle of Not Alone as a city-height work — a point where solitude is no longer isolation, but altitude.

The wind does not ask who you are. The city does not ask where you’re going. For a few minutes, neither do you.

This is not a song about hope in the loud sense. It is about the quiet kind — the kind that appears when you stop demanding answers and allow the city to breathe beneath you.

Lyrics

Verse

北边的风越过红砖和铁轨夜色把城市压成一张旧唱片我站在山上灯一盏一盏亮起伦敦在脚下却离我那么远

The northern wind slides over bricks and rails The city folds itself into an old vinyl veil I’m standing on the hill as one light turns to more London lies beneath me but I don’t feel close at all

Pre-Chorus

人群像河流过没有名字的街而我只想在这里停一会

Crowds move like rivers through streets without names I just want to stay still for a while

Chorus

在 Ally Pally 之上时间慢了下来整座城市像一场还没醒的梦在 Ally Pally 之上我把名字交给风如果你在远方也一定能听懂

Above Ally Pally time begins to slow The whole city breathing like a half-awakened dream Above Ally Pally I give my name to the wind If you’re somewhere distant you’ll know what I mean

Verse

宫殿的影子落在草地尽头旧时代的回声还在墙里游走有人笑着拍照有人默默抽烟我们都在这座山上各自孤单

The palace casts its shadow to the edge of the grass Voices of another age are still trapped in the walls we pass Someone laughs for a picture someone smokes alone We stand on the same hill each of us our own

Pre-Chorus

世界太快连告别都来不及只有夜色愿意陪我站到最后

The world runs too fast even goodbyes don’t wait Only the night stays with me till late

Chorus

在 Ally Pally 之上灯火像海一样我学会不向任何人呼喊在 Ally Pally 之上风替我说了谎说一切都会慢慢变亮

Above Ally Pally the lights turn into seas I’m learning how not to call out loud Above Ally Pally the wind tells me a lie Says everything broken will slowly be kind

Bridge

风吹过旧宫殿的窗城市在低声重复昨天的愿望

Wind moves through the palace frame The city whispers yesterday’s names

Outro

在 Ally Pally 之上天快亮的时候我终于相信孤独不是错误在 Ally Pally 之上如果你也抬头这座城市正在学着温柔

Above Ally Pally just before the dawn I finally believe being alone is not wrong Above Ally Pally if you look up too This city tonight is learning to be gentle with you

Above Ally Pally, the city is learning to be gentle. And so are we.