Do you remember That August night round the embers of the fire? I knew we’d be so good together You took my hand, and we laughed until we cried But Sarah, it ain’t good for you every time I ask you over It ain’t good for you Cos I never pay back the favour So before you went away I wrote a note on a cigarette paper And I ain’t seen you ever since Sarah, will you be gone for long? Sarah, I’m sorry that I disappointed ya Waking up on my second hand sofa In a crowded town of Newky Browns and Marlboro Reds I was staring at the screen all night There’s no need to sleep When you can't get out of bed But Sarah, it ain’t good for me when you visit but you don’t stay over It ain’t good for me I’m tired of all the reminders Of all the dollars that I owe from when I borrowed all those rolled up fivers I’ve been paying ever since Sarah, will you be gone for long? Sarah, I’m sorry that I disappointed ya Sarah, I’ll give you what you want Sarah, I’m sorry that I disappointed ya Do you remember Dancing sober Do you remember Looking in the eyes of strangers Do you remember We always won them over Do you remember But I threw it all away, didn’t listen to you saying that you need a little time away, Sarah, will you be gone for long? Sarah, I’m sorry that I disappointed ya Sarah, I’ll give you what you want Sarah, I’m sorry that I disappointed ya Sarah, will you be gone for long? Sarah, will you be gone for long?

A slumbering giant pings off the guy ropes And stands muscles yawning, head above clouds Each unseen step is a gamble, stumbling A voice in the distance says he can guide her She trembles towards him down mountains and rivers Blinded by white valley vapours, fumbling Singing “I can’t think straight Since they woke me I’d rather be slumbering” Feet licked by ocean then tensing on tiptoes, Through two tones of blue she swims up to his tower He's standing and shrugging with palms lifting nothing, bumbling Singing “I can’t think straight Since they woke me I’d rather be slumbering I was dreaming I wanna go back, I’d rather be slumbering” "I'll pull you in if you've brought your own rope" She says "I had to leave it all, surely you know"? But he's not in business to help the encumbering He gives her a book and a flame to stand watch To send home the homeless til her bones turn to rocks Extending his shore through their trespasses, crumbling Singing “I can’t think straight Since they woke me I’d rather be slumbering

Silently on sedimentary pages Chronicles recorded by the verse With flakes of skin that used to keep our blood in Mixed with that of those who lived here first And I’d like to read those layers just to know them And the poisons we let settle in between The history of us Hidden in the dust Now I’m packing up my shit to move into my cousin's house just for a bit , til I find a much more permanent location, I see galaxies of specks reflect, confused in all directions, furious I woke them from their lazy hibernation I’m sneezing every minute, though we’ve never been allergic, but I guess that’s why we both just let it be The history of us Hidden in the dust I unpack a pack of cards I taped together Gaffer tape still grimy from our room To teach someone to play would take forever But forever needs to start from somewhere too There’ll be Royal Albert Halls of Oxytocin, If you’re looking hard enough you’ll see The history of us Hidden in the dust I unpack a pack of cards I taped together The gaffa tape gone grimy in the air To teach someone to play would take forever There’ll be Royal Albert Halls of Oxytocin, If you’re looking hard enough you’ll see The history of us Hidden in the dust

You just turned 18 Someone called out the police there’s a breach of the peace on the street You refused to go home They knew you by name It’s the seventeenth fight since July with your on and off guy But he’s in on the game You tell them you hit him You know how this works They’ll take you in for the night So it don’t get worse Where there’s no visitors at night There’s no secrets from the cameras They’ll hold your hand with stainless steel And take you home You’ll be calm in the car Cos you’re free behind bars Your mum was 18 When she knew she was having a girl the whole world was her fault But it was too late by then In a one bedroom flat That she couldn’t afford if she thought she should get a divorce From your sleepwalking step-dad He knows you’ll never tell her, there’s be nothing worse There’s one way to lock your door, you know how this works Where there’s no visitors at night There’s no secrets from the cameras They’ll hold your hand with stainless steel And take you home You’ll be calm in the car Cos you’re free behind bars

Huddled smooth and shining, silencing your mind And then you hold me in your hand and ask if you are the first As if to be regarded is the part that gives me worth I’ve been torn up by explosions And I’ve flown through the black vacuum Spat out of a mountain Under siege by oceans Now I lie with all my brethren Shoulders softened by the sea But this is all just temporary Temporary, this is all just temporary Temporary, this is all just temporary You wanna take me home put me in your bathroom bowl What if your sister saw – she’s always been quite sure The shore would get a little smaller, waves would take what’s theirs But don’t worry bout me, I’m not the one who cares I’ve been torn up by explosions And I’ve flown through that black vacuum Spat out of a mountain Under siege by oceans Now I lie with all my brethren Shoulders softened by the sea This is all just temporary Temporary, this is all just temporary Temporary, this is all just temporary Diminishing to dust, so what’s the difference where we are I’d be the same, a grain of sand or planet plucking star So take a breath and pump that thickened water round your flesh, but don’t think that I care My mother wiped out half the life down here. I’ve been torn up by explosions And I’ve flown in that black vacuum Spat out of a mountain Under siege by oceans Now I lie with all my brethren Shoulders softened by the sea It’s strange to think you feel relaxed round me Will you throw me out or take me home? Put me on your china throne You’re just electrifying specks of time to me This all just temporary