Idlewild

It was upon row of houses, tight skirts and baggy trousers

Grey men and cheap disguises, high hopes and higher rises

There lived a girl who was on a mission

There lived a boy who was under suspicion

Tried hard to stay beside her

Until the devil put his seed inside her

How? You know how... Sleep too long and the sand runs out

So close to midnight

Time to fly, do or die, stung in the headlights

Here we lie, high and dry

The world will never see you till you open your eyes

Say goodnight, kill the light

The world will never hear you tonight, Idlewild

For two years he tried to reach her

Worshiped the ground beneath her

She, she was always running... He, he saw the end was coming

But now the story takes a turning

She wakes up and her sheets are burning

Head down against the fire... Now, now, now the table turns

She won't learn, sleep too long and your bed starts burning

So close to midnight

Idlewild you don't know if you never need to

Here we lie, high and dry

The world will never see you till you open your eyes

Say goodnight, kill the light

The world will never hear you tonight, Idlewild... Idlewild

I thought that we were good together

I thought that we could weather the weather

Whether or not the whys, the wherefores

High hopes are only there because, because

Because I thought the only thing between us

Was something shallow, not a river so deep we see it

Dredge up the wreckage our parents left us

And lay it on the banks to rot and fester

And smell it like a death star

In Gretna Green, Derby, Manchester

I don't want to hear it now

Here we lie, High and dry

The world will never see you till you open your eyes

Say goodnight, kill the light

The world will never hear you tonight, Idlewild... Idlewild

Kill the light, Idlewild...