Kyle Parsons - England Lyrics

I was born
By the seaside in the Northwest
And I was raised
In a less than perfect story
But those were the days
Playing football till it got dark
On the council estate
Where every cul-de-sac is Wembley
I see England
In brick and mortar
I stagger home beneath the night
A glimmer in my drunken eyes as I think this life
It's all constellations
Of all the things we did before
And of all the things we're yet to do
In England
I was told
I'd never reach to my potential
Some said I
Didn't have the grit to make it
And I got lost
I burned bridges that I walked on
But through it all
I found solace down the river
I see England
In Watercolours
We hike along the riverside
And for the sun We thank the sky and think this life
It's all constellations
We trace the lines between our stars and breathe the air that's never ours
In England
For all those times I nearly died
Locked my heart from the inside
All the long years in between
I am here now
All the dreams that wouldn't die
All the new ideas we tried
All the failures in between
I am here now
And while Atlas holds the door
To the lighthouse on the shore
I will swim straight on through
Cos I'm here now
These old boots were made to last
We walk on through the town of glass
And tread lightly cos it's clear that I'm here now
I am here now
I am here now
I have found myself again And I'm here now
I see England
In the deeds of others
Who give themselves to greater good
Do what they can, not what they should, this life
It's all constellations
Lone stars that make up something more
From the towns, the cities and the shores
Of England
Of England