Everything Is Borrowed

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Mike Skinner] This is my hour, I'm never going to bed The sky is still black, but begs to be red I just put my book down, but it begs to be read I'll not nod, I'll not nap, I never rest my head Some days I feel I'm getting smaller and smaller But some nights, I seem to grow taller and taller And we keep shrinking and shrinking, but this will not finish You're never nothing if you didn't disappear Just when I discover the meaning of life, they change it Just when I'm loving life, it seems to start raining I pull the sail safe switch, seas settle, and I'm aimed at stars I love the rain on my scars The sky's now red, my eyes reflect jest Smiling at this blessing, this life is the best [Chorus: Adam Love, Laura Vane & Mike Skinner] I came to this world with nothing And I leave with nothing but love Everything else is just borrowed [Verse 2: Mike Skinner] I wanna notice chances I've passed without notice I wanna see details previously veiled I wanna grab that chance, carry it home So I can marry and know That I noticed every chance I could've passed without notice I saw details that to all were veiled And I grabbed those chances, carried them home And then I'll have had it with roaming [Chorus: Adam Love, Laura Vane & Mike Skinner] I came to this world with nothing And I leave with nothing but love Everything else is just borrowed [Verse 3: Mike Skinner] I want to speak every cliché but tweak if I see change In a new way it could be said If it's bleak, or if the week's leaking down the street Or if any day is wasted, I wanna face facts My time on this earth is my only penny Wise is the gent counting every moment spent I don't want to explain things, don't want to fill in the gaps I want to look at my friends and in that minute be at [Bridge: Laura Vane] Memories are times we borrow For spending tomorrow Memories are times we borrow For spending tomorrow [Chorus: Adam Love, Laura Vane & Mike Skinner] I came to this world with nothing And I leave with nothing but love Everything else is just borrowed [Verse 4: Mike Skinner] It's a bit like luck: you can only seem To borrow it, you can't keep it When the wind of change whistles into play Will I blink or flinch away? The wind of change won't whistle me away If I spin my tails and sail And sail away, and let yesterday become today [Chorus: Adam Love, Laura Vane & Mike Skinner] I came to this world with nothing And I leave with nothing but love Everything else is just borrowed [Post-Chorus: Mike Skinner] As time will say nothing but "I told you so" [Outro: Laura Vane] Memories are times we borrow For spending tomorrow