Songs I Write | III

London Grey

I think back to the days when I would dream a ghost-pale face
Though I now treat myself to the sun-kissed life of holidays
All I needed was to blink then he'd disappear into July heatwave
I used to cry my tears but I'll save up 'em 'cause winter's calling
Used to lonely years but why when I crave love, always helplessly falling
Not in love, but to be, it's for me, I see it, could life stop stalling?

September quivers in the London grey
The taxicabs, the British flags held high
West End, best trends, and in London rain
The palace and the traffic jams, I never want to leave
I know it's not my place but it's the face I've come to bear
I know I have a home but I belong only here
My complexion is one they wonder still
But I will never give, I'll only take
Treat myself to the life I've always known
A life in and out of London grey

I think back to the nights when I would scorch the land with high hope
I now seat in high cafés and Trafalgar cancels out my slope that's
Going down and fast, but I know if I just learn to hold on to my own rope
I used to cry my tears but I'll save up 'em 'cause winter's calling
Used to lonely years but I wanna misbehave, sick of being on my knees
Not in love, bet I'll be though, I feel it, I'll be there, daring, darling

September quivers in the London grey
The taxicabs, the British flags held high
West End, best trends, and in London rain
The palace and the traffic jams, I never want to leave
I know it's not my place but it's the face I've come to bear
I know I have a home but I belong only here
My complexion is one they wonder still
But I will never give, I'll only take
Treat myself to the life I've always known
A life in and out of London grey

September quivers in the London grey
The taxicabs, the British flags held high
West End, best trends, and in London rain
The palace and the traffic jams, I never want to leave
I know it's not my place but it's the face I've come to bear
I know I have a home but I belong only here
My complexion is one they wonder still
But I will never give, I'll only take
Treat myself to the life I've always known
A life in and out of London grey

In the London grey
The British flags held high
And in London rain
I never want to leave

I know it's not my place but it's the face I've come to bear
I know I have a home but I belong only here
My complexion is one they wonder still
But I will never give, I'll only take
Treat myself to the life I've always known
A life in and out of London grey
A life that's in and out of London grey

In the London grey
The British flags held high
And in London rain
I never want to leave

In the London grey
The city lights in the sky
And in London I stay
I never want to leave