LYRICS

  • I see a face that I don’t recognise

    Your cheeks are all carved out like someone

    Got at you with a sundae spoon

    They’re all trying to eat you now

    They’re all trying to eat you now


    They don’t know you like I do

    I see you’re growing weary

    I think I could show you something new

    But they’re all making too much sound

    I don’t wanna yell right now


    Outside the rain feels nice

    You’re in the back room doing lines 

    Of something I’m not familiar with

    This stuff seems to seek you out

    I think it’s finally starting to wear you down


    See vultures circling 

    Not gonna sit by watch them pick you apart

    I’ll let them take my eyes 

    So I don’t have to see them get to your heart 


    Is it too late for you to drive out

    I’m scared they’re gonna eat you now


    I’m seeing names and faces

    Hearing anecdotes that I don’t really wanna know

    I keep trying to block them out

    They’re all making too much sound


    See vultures circling 

    Not gonna sit by watch them pick you apart

    I’ll let them take my eyes 

    So I don’t have to see them get to your heart 


    So I don’t have to see them get to your heart 

    So I don’t have to see them get to your heart 


    Man there ain’t no doubt

    That we’ve got two cups on a string

    From ear to ear

    Things are making less and less sense

    Since we picked up on a scent in here

    Oh god, please don’t ask me about it now

    Soon you’re gonna work it out 


    The world is gonna eat us now

    The world is gonna eat us now

    The world is gonna eat us now

    And they’re just gonna spit you out 


    See vultures circling 

    Not gonna sit by watch them pick you apart

    (The world is gonna eat us now)

    I’ll let them take my eyes 

    So I don’t have to see them get to your heart 

    (The world is gonna eat us now)

    So I don’t have to see them get to your heart 

    (The world is gonna eat us now)

    So I don’t have to see them get to your heart 

    (The world is gonna eat us now)

    So I don’t have to see them get to your heart 

    I don’t have to see them get to your heart 

  • What is it

    That thing that makes you forget to try so hard

    Fill it up with more things 

    Until you forget what you are


    Melancholy all the time

    Even when you get what you want

    Never quite feel satisfied

    Let’s open the curtains

    Wake you up


    You got a lot to be baby

    How can you see with all that

    With all that mess in your eyes

    Cry it out

    Cry it out


    You got a lot to be darlin’

    How can you see with all that

    With all that mess in your eyes


    You’re in loops 

    All the stories really velcro to your mind

    Tugging at the tenderness 

    Of that frightened little child


    It’s getting late

    Put your fears to bed

    The pen to the paper

    A real nice way to clear the head


    I held you up

    Limp and blue

    Let’s separate false from true

    I’ll wrap my love around you

    Replace what bound you


    You got a lot to be baby

    How can you see with all that

    With all that mess in your eyes

    Cry it out

    Cry it out


    You got a lot to be darlin’

    How can you see with all that

    With all that mess in your eyes

  • Ill lick my wounds and tell you I messed up

    Again

    Ill clear the room and say I made it up

    Pretend

    That everything is better than it was 

    Before

    Leave myself sinking deep into a hole

    Once more


    (La la la)

    (You’re not right, you’re not right, you’re not right)


    Don’t hold me up to the light

    (You’re not right, you’re not right,

    You look like something flawed and ugly)

    Don’t hold me up to the light 

    I’ve sewn myself up so tight

    Don’t make it all untie 


    You’re becoming overgrown and wild

    My dear

    You get away with it just like a child

    No fear

    The mysteries of life they bring you right

    To tears

    Looking for love in dusty corners dark 

    And fierce 


    (La la la)

    (You’re not right, you’re not right, you’re not right)


    Don’t hold me up to the light

    (You’re not right, you’re not right,

    You look like something flawed and ugly)

    Don’t hold me up to the light 

    I’ve sewn myself up so tight

    Don’t make it all untie 

    Looking over shoulders isn’t wise

    to do

    So everything I do from now’s a start 

    Brand new

    Ill colour in the spaces cover up

    The blue

    I shed my creature skin and venture out

    With you

    With you 

    With you

    Don’t hold me up to the light

    Don’t hold me up to the light