Surrender - The Smith Street Band

I’m not from around here so I think with my mouth

Grew up a comfortable distance from where I am now

So grab me like the animals we were always supposed to be

In these terrace house jungles, we’ll swing from the rooftops

Knowing nothing of the one-way streets far underneath our feet

There’s a life outside these bottles, there’s a life right here for me

But you don’t have to surrender if you don’t

You don’t have to surrender if you don’t

You don’t have to surrender if you don’t want to

And I’ll sit quiet if I have to go home

Listening to rubber, disturbed water and whatever was on the radio

We should be climbing chainlink fences with backpacks, nowhere to go

And am I satisfied or did I just come to terms with the hunger?

Blame me all my life, made me live harder when I was younger

But you don’t have to surrender if you don’t

You don’t have to surrender if you don’t

You don’t have to surrender if you don’t want to

You asked me if I’m drinking again

You say it like it’s a good thing

But you don’t have to surrender if you don’t

You don’t have to surrender if you don’t

You don’t have to surrender if you don’t want to

I’ve got my white flag with me here just for you

And the ease of repetition was filling my days

And I was comfortably killing myself in a myriad of different ways

And I’m not from around here, so I talk like I’ve been saved