I Gave Up
You gave me time, I spent it well
So, please refrain before you damn me straight to Hell
Dodging ticket fares and running through the rain
Away from anything our weathered bones would allow
And remember the times we made our parents proud
(it was the least that we could do)
And now the chance so seldom comes around
And we drink to forget our dues

And we paint the sun, calling cities our home
When home seems so long ago
And we fill our time with bad ideas
And bad TV and the company of strangers

And I gave up on you, that's why I'm singing all this
Self-indulgent nonsense and I will burn these pictures
To try and keep me warm through this winter of broken things

And underneath a painted sky
We kicked out against the world
A world indifferent to breakfast club romantics, or so it seemed
And now we feel cheap to know it sells
And from within our daydream tombs
We peer back into the nights
We were felt more secure as men
But the morning always came in with convinction
Took all that then remained
And through all this I will persist
In knowing a part of me was left on the other side
Of the Severn bridge and I can't say I'm truly pissed
Blood runs thicker anyway
All second chances have been missed
And I gave up on you