You’ve got that look in your eyes that says something’s not right And I can feel it You say “I don’t have much time, so just take the wheel and drive but let me steer it” Again, with that red dress on, the one you wore to prom And I still hate it You look and speak the same, well I guess some things never change But I can’t take it Little red, what are you running from? Little death, I feel you catching on Little dream, I swear I’m coming home You turn to look at me Your eyes they crave to see what I am thinking She knew it all along Something here feels wrong and I’ve been drinking Little red, what are you running from? Little death, I feel you catching on Little dream, I swear I’m coming home Little time, what we have to save Little lies, what we have to make Little red, I feel you hanging on so learn to walk away

Goddamn, I think I’m losing it again I tried to make ends meet and tried to make amends So why can I not shift this weight? There’s a beat that beating right through my chest I’ve always tried so hard to always try my best These shoulders either bend or break Those days were setting me off Those nights were tearing me down But they were the best times I’d ever had Those dreams were wearing me thin But my seams were too strong to give in And I know I’m bound to get better But I’ll never take it back I’ve kept the letters she wrote me safe Once in a while, I’ll read them through and trace over the words to push me to Another reason to complain I’m going over and over these thoughts all again But I still can’t keep my hands off you Those days were setting me off Those nights were tearing me down But they were the best times I’d ever had Those dreams were wearing me thin But my seams were too strong to give in And I know I’m bound to get better But I’ll never take it back I would’ve stolen the sun to keep you warm When I’ve been burning and learning and all these tables are turning whilst trying to weather through this storm Those days were setting me off Those nights were tearing me down But they were the best times I’d ever had These dreams could pull you apart if you’re weak in your mind and your heart But just know you’ll always get better Just don’t ever take it back

Who are you to say that all of this has no meaning, And tell me what you think when your thoughts are running dry? It’s true that this was not for… You and all of your friends can get to fuck when you have heard this Yeah, I was just a boy that heard his share of lies too soon Look what you made me do I used to keep your clothes on my floor so I could hold them But I would not begin to admit how I felt so sure That none of them were yours And so I dressed every word that I said In irony and tried to leave what little I had left In a box under the bed This is how it feels when you let Your heart take hold over your head Nothing’s ever perfect so settle for what is worth it instead Everyone around here has loose lips when they’ve been drinking And I must hear the same old stories every single night And I don’t have the time to search for land when I abandon sinking ships It’s the match that lit the catalyst to why this boy took flight To make it out alive Now this is how it feels when you try In spite of everyone else to make it right When everything is changing apart from that race in your mind How did I live like that? But this is all that I can do now I could try to spread these wings and make myself something to show how That this is all I have left now So I’ll set off round the world to find the highs that cancel out the comedown How did I live like that? How did I live like that?

Attrition seems to come in threes these days Each addition ascends and then takes centre stage Black concrete choked on the artificial heart Your long reach couldn’t span the two of us How deep down will you take root? That old-hat-approach won’t suit the head it rests upon “But it’s my life” you scream Such a sad sight to see Wake up or break free I’m sober even though I’ve drunk all night Exposure for a devastating price White liar inspired by an iron lung This ire lit a fire between the both of us Hold out your hand, I guess I’ll take it When the only other option is to break it I’ll meet you midway if I have to Better that than take a swing straight at you Don’t mistake my restraint for mercy I’ll hurt you more than you could ever hurt me I’ve played it over again and again I think we both know how it ends when it ends And it ends how it ends How low will you fucking sink? Throwing caution to the wind won’t play the way you’ve planned None less to stress upon Three things you wish you’d never done Now it’s all history

Back when I could touch my toes Before the beating There laid an overwhelming glow Yet so misleading A poison apple in the bunch But laced with sweetener She swore I was the only one And I believed her Out in the pouring rain As we swung and swayed An ocean down by our feet And the sound of the sea It all blurs into the first time, or the last time, whenever it was All I remember is the cold and the cost So when the knuckles met my nose Next to the roadside Under a never-ending low There was a faint light There’s always two Jokers in the deck And we were dreaming Carefully constructed what I said And she believed it Out in the pouring rain As we swung and swayed An ocean down by our feet And the sound of the sea It all blurs into the first time, or the last time, whenever it was All I remember is the cold and the cost Don’t look now, but I’m upside down and I don’t want to get up If I keep it in, it’ll surely win but I think the words are stuck A part of me is apart from me, I left it where I was So turn around ‘cause it can’t be found Enough’s always enough I feel those years inside my bones When I hear the creaking Although it was so long ago It’s never easy To think about the odd one out And all the fine print My side is all I care about Besides, I could be lying Out in the pouring rain As we swung and swayed An ocean down by our feet And the sound of the sea It all blurs into the first time, or the last time, whenever it was All I remember is the cold and the cost

Wasting hours spending time rehearsing in your room Chasing down this bottle that we use as the excuse For playing music loudly just to drown out all the noise So once we’re through this we’ll part ways with a kiss, we have no choice With sentiment I am leaving her this note So she won’t forget that I wanted her to know that We’ve got all the time in the world for this Or at least a better understanding… Of what love is The meaning we’ve been told is overused Because above me is a girl I swear I never knew Until this evening I met her in the dark of a crowded room And now she’s leaving me with no way out Look how she moves With sentiment she is leaving me this note So I won’t forget that she wanted me to know that We’ve got all the time in the world for this Or at least a better understanding Oh, I know there are ways around this coming from moving forwards with the lights turned off And it shows, even though I feel shit, I still feel better than I did With sentiment, darling, please just let me go So we don’t forget that I’m trying to get Over all the things we did back when we both were The reasons for this misunderstanding

Late nights and tired eyes, for that I’m yours Stiff drinks and wish lists until we’re cured I’ve got a letter for the better part of I will take you home But I won’t take you down, no All this surrounds me, around me now If home’s where the heart is; I live in you If old’s where the past is; I’ll hide ’til new You still remind me of the time we drank out to the cause Of late night and tired eyes, for this I’m pure Carry on shining sweet silver lining and take, take me for my worth Hold out the screaming and keep on dreaming but please, please don’t do your worst Take all the learning and keep me burning to make, make me feel your love For now, I’m leaving You keep repeating three words but I can’t keep this up “All that I am now, you left you mark Fuck you for saying you have got heart I still remember every ember that we burned out to the sky Tell me a promise and I’ll show you a lie” Carry on shining Carry on shining sweet silver lining and take, take me for my worth Hold out the screaming and keep on dreaming but please, please don’t do your worst Take all the learning and keep me burning to make, make me feel your love For now, I’m leaving You keep repeating three words but I can’t keep this up

Wasn’t sure if I wanted to stay out You could tell that I had to leave So you picked me up and talked me down You had nowhere you needed to be When we met I was flickering And your candle had been burning out I could feel your body shivering So I warmed you up as you cooled me down But you’d never say you were on your way You asked me to leave the light on and let you be Just for tonight I had this thought “This is the last time I’ll play ‘Pillow Talk’” And if those words from my lips meant anything to you It’s all okay, the meaning remains That cold night way back when meant everything But “everything” changed It’s better this way Now I know why I couldn’t stay there I think I’ve known it all along But you’d never say you were on your way You asked me to leave the light on and let you be Just for tonight I had this thought “This is the last time, it’s the last time I’ll play ‘Pillow Talk’”

Lost myself for a second when it grew cold in June Words travelled like birds in the air and perched by your room Didn’t plan on a turn for the worse, I was just settling scores Try a creating a universe first then we’ll talk I’ll apologise for nothing “Wrong place at the wrong time” It’s all got to have been for something more than this… Found a way through the turbulence in all of the lights and the sounds Made a rod, dug a grave, burnt a bridge, doubled down I’ll apologise for nothing “Wrong place at the wrong time” It’s all got to have been for something more than this; 1. Broken hearts 2. Absent friends 3. Regret But the fact is I don’t take it back (take it back) I won’t apologise for anything less than that I went running for cover like the little motherfucker I was Couldn’t face what I’d assembled so I made haste against all the odds I went running for cover… All at the expense of others What ever I claimed to be, I’m not I’ll apologise for nothing “Wrong place at the wrong time” It’s all got to have been for something more than this; 1. Broken hearts 2. Absent friends 3. Regret But the fact is I don’t take it back (take it back) I won’t apologise for anything less than that

I was a sixth-form drop out With an ego the size of my great big mouth I said what I meant and I meant what I said When I was 17 and letting it all out What a stupid young man For years unemployed; lived with mum and dad I tried to stay young for most of my life I’m 33 now, god, where goes the time? Still an atheist I’ve prayed and I’ve read and I’m still not convinced But I don’t have the answers to all of life’s questions I shudder at thought of even the suggestion that I used to be right Looking back now, I can say that it’s fine Well maybe, not definitely Certainly got to leave the past in the past But the truth is, it’s haunting me I used to be aimless and senseless, it’s driving me crazy Useless, pathetic and most of all, lazy But I was only a kid I was self-conscious, obnoxiousness A lack of a conscience then I grew up I’ll admit I could’ve done more than I did But all the time that I’ve spent; I’d do the same all over again Well, I’ve got some new friends There’s the old ones I speak to every now and then And a few that I haven’t caught up with since school I don’t think that it matters, it’s just life and that’s cool But I hope that they’re well You can pick up the phone any time you need help Or a shoulder to cry on, someone to rely on A blast from the past; goes for my exes as well It’s funny how things change and what stays the same The older that I get, the less I seem to know But confidentially shout about what I definitely don’t It’s who I am I’ll bet you can relate to that Well if we’re keeping score then we’re perfectly flawed Promising not to keep doing what we’ll keep doing anymore Aimless and senseless, it’s driving me crazy Useless, pathetic and most of all, lazy But I was only a kid I was self-conscious, obnoxiousness A lack of a conscience then I grew up I’ll admit I could’ve done more than I did But all the time that I’ve spent; I’d do the same all over again Well, doesn’t it make you think if the last fifteen years moved so fast then what about the next to come? I’ll be pushing 50, still writing these songs Wonder who will be with me and who will be gone If what goes around comes around Then maybe I’m destined to be the same as I am now I used to be aimless and senseless, it’s driving me crazy Useless, pathetic and most of all, lazy But I was only a kid I was self-conscious, obnoxiousness A lack of a conscience then I grew up I’ll admit I could’ve done more than I did But all the time that I’ve spent; I’d do the same all over again