Idlewild

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Fran Healy] It was upon a row of houses Tight skirts and baggy trousers Green men and cheap disguises High hopes and higher rises Who lived a girl who was on a mission Who lived a boy who was under suspicion Tried hard to stay beside her Until the devil put his seed inside her How? You know how Sleep too long and the sand runs out So close to midnight Time to fly, do or die Stoned in the headlights [Chorus: Josephine Oniyama] Here we lie, high and dry The world will never see you 'til you open your eyes Say goodnight, kill the light The world will never hear you tonight Idlewild [Verse 2: Fran Healy] For two years, he tried to reach her Worshipped the ground beneath her She, she was always runnin' He, he saw the end was comin' But now the story takes a turn and She wakes up and her sheets are burnin' Head down against the fire Now, now, now the table turns She won't learn Sleep too long and your bed starts burnin' So close to midnight Idlewild, you don't know You never need to [Chorus: Josephine Oniyama, Fran Healy, Both] Here we lie, high and dry The world will never see you 'til you open your eyes Say goodnight, kill the light The world will never hear you tonight Idlewild (Do, do, do, do) Idlewild (Do, do, do, do) [Verse 3: Fran Healy] I thought that we were good together I thought that we could weather the weather Whether or not, the why's the word for us The high hopes are only there because, because Because I thought the only thing between us Was somethin' shallow, not a river so deep, we see us Dredge up the wreckage our parents left us Lay it on the banks to rot and fester Now its skeleton hangin' like a Death Star In Gretna Green, Darby, Manchester And I don't want to hear it now [Chorus: Josephine Oniyama, Both] Here we lie, high and dry The world will never see you 'til you open your eyes Say goodnight, kill the light The world will never hear you tonight Idlewild [Outro: Josephine Oniyama] Idlewild Idlewild Kill the light Idlewild Kill the light