I Took A Long Hard Look - Belle & Sebastian

I took a long hard look at the heroes of my youth

And their antics on the page there on can no longer sustain me

Ever since I was a boy, they brought me joy

But the shackles of the way I was can no longer contain me

It was exciting and enlightening

Reverberating through my dreams

Goodbye to reality

And set a course for wayward schemes

Now I can’t sing, I can’t feel, I don’t know what is real

I was traveling through the past for years, tell me, what’s my destination?

Now the past is gone, I don’t even have a song we’ve not sung before

To a closing door, tell me, what’s my situation?

I saw the film, I lived the book

I got the haircut, that’s all it took

But now I know it’s going to take

A little more now, I’m awake

I took along hard look, now I’m waiting for the phone to ring

I glance at the in-box, is there any tantalizing mail there in?

There was lust in my restless heart but now I know what true love means

Goodbye to reality and set sail for