[Verse 1] Hello I watch you come and go I know you can hear my voice Dont walk away [Verse 2] Come daydream with me In closed loops and futureproof Cardboard to caviar Lets show them how good we are [Refrain 1] If you look after me, Ill look after you [Verse 3] Sonar, night vision Or desperate lovers seeking privacy for theyre forbidden I am their defenceless host Through my open wounds they let themselves in Sheltered... sheltered... They mock me... they mock me... [Refrain 2] If you stand up for me, Ill stand up for you [Verse 4] Im weatherbeaten in a losing battle Punctured by nature Becoming organic The air in here ages me ungracefully [Refrain 3] But if you take care of me, Ill take care of you [Refrain 4] Oh, my crumbling heart! If youll be good to me, Ill be good to you [Verse 5] Im a nest I could be the best decision you ever made A beacon, your peaceful corner Find me, cherish me Take me on or pull me down You choose [Refrain 5] Wait! Oh, save me the ache of slowdecay! Cause I will remember you, will you remember me? [Verse 6] Bespoke to broken, this interwoven tapestry of tragedy Crooked frames and cracked glazing Slithers of wistful window gazes glint in borrowed light [Verse 7] Where doorways with no door stage a ballet of leaves Who pirouette in the footsteps of once glorious days... [Verse 8] But Im peeling paint, Im a sunken ceiling Im cracking up, and can seem threatening [Verse 9] Im falling apart Im scary at night Im taped up, forbidden Keep out... keepout! No, no, nogozone [BuildUp] A hasbeen, a once was, the leftovers, an eyesore Broken beer bottles, Im bleeding, rusty nails Oxidising, a few remaining tiles Unloved, no human touch, Im walked past, Im a waste of space Im a nuisance, a hazard, abandoned, unwanted Unwanted! Lights off! Im losing grip This is not what I stand for This is not what I stand for This is not what I stand for! [Interlude] It was a perfectly good grand piano [Breakdown] Stop in the name of love! Ive got just what youre looking for! Ive got treelined interiors Where we can dine with the biosphere [Refrain 6] If youll take care of me, Ill take care of you If you be good to me, then Ill be good to you [Verse 10] Im a story in mourning, and youre the author So pour out your masterpiece [Outro] Entropy increasing, how long before Im dust? Can we discuss?
refrain, good, stand, unwanted, sheltered