Lyrics

[Verse 1] There's an own goal from the halfway line iIn all of us A simple dolly catch dropped at mid-on And whenever expectation gets the best of us You land centimetre wide from hole in one [Pre-Chorus 1] There's a confidence that's dropped and smashed like pottery Like a simple cross the goalie failed to hold You can win and you can lose like National Lottery As the keeper picks the ball out of the goal [Chorus] There was a day oncе when the sun, it shone so brightly And a day thеre seemed a glimmer of real hope When the compliments came daily, also nightly When the world would actually listen when you spoke [Verse 2] Shoplifter moves slowly behind partition Full moon moves quite shyly behind the cloud And the spotlight they've attracted has them wishing They could slip back unobserved into the crowd [Pre-Chorus 2] There's a thick black cloud not far from every one of us You can either ride or even hide behind And occasionally that gloom will get on top of us With a biting wind that just serves to remind [Chorus] There was a day once when the sun, it shone so brightly And a day there seemed a glimmer of real hope When the compliments came daily, also nightly When the world would actually listen when you spoke [Bridge] There's a bar fire and a cold bath waiting patiently There's a cliff edge with a light breeze at the top And the vultures and the pirates of uncertainty Are waiting for your confidence to drop [Chorus] There was a day once when the sun, it shone so brightly And a day there seemed a glimmer of real hope When the compliments came daily, also nightly When the world would actually listen when you spoke