Zero - Malcolm Middleton

I still like going round the old places from my past

Watching from the outside in the hope they’ll take me back

It’s not my youth I’m after, it’s not the protection

I just can’t seem to get on with the man that I’ve become

All my life, I’ve been waiting for you

All my time, I’ve been preparing for you

Training myself like a dumb dog

Restraining myself with chains

Teach the past to stand up straight

So I can make the present change

All my life, I’ve been waiting for you

All my time, I’ve been preparing for you

Never give up, it’ll never be the same

Never give in, you’ve got to jump out of your frame

There’s comfort in self hatred

It reeks of «return to form»

Leave the curtains shut, keep out

The glitter from the sun

Bones crossed into a tangent hug

An awkward silence, and a toothy grin

I wouldn’t mind turning into powder with you

If the moon doesn’t come and drag the evil in

Sick of noise and sick of song

Writing words and righting wrongs

But I just keep going

I’ll keep on going

Moonbeams cause failure

Disaster and tiffs

Songs these days are too wordy

And the accents are all shit

All my life, I’ve been waiting for you

All my time, I’ve been preparing for you

Never give up, it’ll never be the same

Never give in, you’ve got to jump out of your frame

All my life, I’ve been waiting for you

All my time, I’ve been preparing for you

It doesn’t matter what you know

Or if there’s good times coming

It doesn’t matter that you’ll be ok

When the grey rain vinegars in towards your heart

There’s a river down your arm, and you cannae answer that

There’s a rumbling outside, and the whole house is shaking

The world conspires against you, and the safety lines are thrown

But you can’t see for the gold dust in your eyes

Your past is made of failures of foundations of futures

It doesnae matter, cause you’re living for the moment

The moment is shit

It’ll soon be over, but that doesn’t help

When you can see around 7 corners

You’re aware of all possible

Potentials and outcomes

Oblivion or zero, It’s time to take control

Consequences vanish when you’re fighting for your soul

Tell me that I’ll be ok, tell me without doubt

A shouting man running, as his flame flickers out