Said The Whale - Plans For The Future Lyrics

Daylight is fading like an awkward smile

Sun hides behind the west coast



I thought, I thought I knew

I had everything figured out



'Til night came and I lost my shadow



Blended with moonlight and broken glass

Ten hours of panic will follow



I watch the trees look black

My red shirt in it's dirty grey



Strange things just won't stop appearing!



Give me day, give me light

These days, those days



I was taught to bottle my emptiness

Deal with my quarter-life angst by painting pictures



Tip of my pencil describes what I might have drawn

Had my left brain and right hand been in contact



Broken section is now, read on



Then all at once, the sky started raining

Soaked to the bone, stopped!



People of nighttime, came out of hiding

One of them turned my way



She said: "I'd like to tell you

Some things I wished I'd known

When I was young like you



It won't take a second

But it could save you years

Years passed like seconds out here"



I was enthralled with the way that

She spoke so softly

For a lady of her finesse and personal hygiene

She had cuts, bruises, scrapes, scratches

Hair tangled everywhere

She spoke in a way that demanded my attention



You're at the top of your game

You're in control of your life

Pearl of the oyster

The cream of the (?)

What I would give for that, I hope you never know



So live your life!

Don't sleep through the night!

Life's worth a living!

You gotta start living it right!



So live your life!

Don't sleep through the day!

Dreams are for living!

You gotta stop letting them die!