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RIDE
I remember the first time you said that I could ride up front. You were slamming round the corner shouting shall we have some fun. Never cared when we broke down or when I knew that we were lost, cos I was with you. Getting to know you feels like getting to know me. If I lose you, do I lose me? I’m tryna say that I miss you. But you would always say, as long as the heart remembers, as long as the seasons change, driving on your longest journey, I’ll ride up front with you. Some days we drove in horse drawn carriages like royalty, pretending we weren’t cruising in your ford fiesta dream. Leaving tyre marks like memories at the feet of every scene. It breaks me. As the heart remembers and as the seasons change and on your longest journeys, I’ll ride up front with you.
IF IT’S NOT WITH YOU
I know clouds never pour when I’m with you. I think stars only fall when they hear you’re blue. I promised to stay, I’ll never break that. Love you the same, always through changes. So why do I feel strange? What if we slip out of time? We’ll never slip out of time. How will we fall back in line? I will never leave you darling. I’ll love you till the day I die. You know I’ll love you always. And longer oh I can buy try. I can’t say we’ll always have the love from chapter one, but I won’t turn the page, if it’s not with you. Love don’t know how to love, like I love you. Remember we danced in the dark, palm to palm everything felt new. But lights on the floor, I saw your flaws then learned to adore, every pore. So why do you feel strange?
BELONG RIGHT HERE
I know you imagine a day where you could up and leave, where you would just go out to sea thinking they’d never miss me. But what you don’t remember is we’d be standing on your shore, as you weather every storm parting seas to get to you. Slam another door shut. Empty out your lungs. Tell us where you’re hurting, we’ll find the medicine. Even on my worst day I’d drop everything for you, no matter what you’ve been going through. You belong right here. You could take the credit. You could put ‘I’ in team. You could say you think I’m ugly, pray for rain on all my birthdays, but, no matter what I’d always pick you. You belong right here.
MY WHOLE LIFE
Hit the floor and we can’t slow down. Gonna make our way through every town we see, hands up, hair down, free, hahaha. Telling secrets, call the radio. Watch the world dance in slow mo. And we’re never gonna look back, riding these sunbeams. Can I just shout, I’ve got something I wanna say. Windows down, I think I’m having the best day of my whole life. Pulling faces in the front mirror, say cheese. We’re like Bonnie and Clyde, stealing memories. And we’re never gonna look back, hands up, hair down, free. Saying things we’re scared to feel. Pull both our hands off the wheel. Pinky swear we’ll never leave. I’ll never leave.
WIRE CROSSED
Remember on that day I had my first kiss? You lied and you said ‘you know I’ll keep your secrets’. I think we got a wire crossed. In fact I’m positive about it. Double negative loss. We’re at a classic power outage. It’s like I’m stood up to my knees but drowning. And you’re just stood there dangling a life jacket. Suddenly you’re asking why our lights are off. I think we got a wire crossed.
BAGS PACKED
Eyes closed, so I can see you clearly. Held tight from the love you throw around me. Oh I think we have it all, right here. I don’t wanna waste my time worrying things won’t go right. I can take this moment now with you. I’ll just say it, I’ll just feel it. I’ll keep running into the fire if it gets your hearts healing. I don't wanna lose anymore. Seatbelt on, but we’re not even flying yet. I need oxygen, before the wind goes out my sails. But what if I’m not enough? I’m not prepared enough? What if it turns out that I couldn't give you all the answers you said you’re searching for? Oh, bags packed.
TOO CLOSE
Kept every pinky promise like I said I would do. Listened to all your heartbreaks and chased all your rainbows with you. But recently it’s felt like every pot of gold we find, ends up just chocolate pennies melting in our hand.All of your fears and all of my faults didn't stop us being a work of art. I would do anything for you. Riding around, no bandage on hearts, fall off our wagon, crawl back to the start. I’d have done anything for you. But I just got too close, I just got too close to you. It’s like I’d opened up the door, to you stood serving our usual brand of ‘Old Lady Vogue kind of Chanel’. But then you took off your mask and started serving a grungy, knife cutting words kind of Villanelle. I just got too close, I just got too close to you.
THE HOUR
All those hours dreaming, now I’m taking in the view. All that forward motion, now I’m stood here still with you. What if all this was erased, pencil snaps? What if I forget to pray, is it ten steps back? Was I good enough in my past life? Can we hold question marks for one whole night, so I could hold you. Cause no one knows the hour. Do you remember the day we drove to the lake and we were all laughing and I shouted stop and you said we’re stood still? Do you remember the night you had us fits then I started crying and you said darling, every night could feel like this? So when I can dance, I’ll dance. And if I can move you, I’ll give thanks. And when I can laugh, oh I’ll laugh. Cause how can we know how long the hours are gonna last? All those hours dreaming, now I’m taking in the view.
FOREVER
If I could wrap you up in promises I would, forever. If I could save you from a heartbreak then I would, forever. If I could send a thousand stars, I would. No, we won’t have forever but forever’s how long you’ll be loved. It started with promises and then became the years. And followed by the way you’d said love me, wider than my fears. Did you know loved you are, oh did you know loved you are.Then it got scarier, to let you in. It got so damn scary to trust you with our healing. Did you know loved you are, did you know loved you are,, did you know loved you are, did you know loved you are?... Forevers how long you’ll be loved.