Keeping blows low Slow and steady you win the race Crying on your shoulder Declared me your opponent late that day An empire builds to break When you’re around it makes a sound It carries me away Oh my bones Becoming weak and brittle from the wrong wrong notes The session player keeps repeating over With a poker face Like he’s never heard of grace It’s not his fault His poor paid job makes him hesitate If i hide away would you come back to me? If i make my mind up naturally We keep tearing out the pages From the books we’ve read so many times Looking for elation in other people’s lives Every new year consumed with solutions we despise But what’s the point in trying if you’re always on my mind? Met my ghost He taught me how to own up to the little knives i’d thrown You need your mother’s love like you need a home Until the sound your life makes Becomes your favourite place It’s all your fault Just play your part Listen to what they say They say “oh oh my my” If i hide away would you come back to me? If i make my mind up naturally We keep tearing out the pages From the books we’ve read so many times Looking for elation in other people’s lives Every new year consumed with solutions we despise But what’s the point in trying if you’re always on my mind?