Farewell song

Twenty To Seven

Twenty To Seven shoegaze · sad 2:14

Words

Verse 1

Niall, your flight goes at twenty to seven
And I come off the ward at ten past
That's half an hour of the two of us under one sky
And then the rest of my life is a phone
I've been rehearsing this in a break room with one working chair
And it keeps coming out wrong, so I buried it in guitars

Pre-Chorus

You'll be over the water before I've washed my hands
You'll be somebody's new neighbour by the time I'm asleep

Chorus

Go on then. Go on, and go well
I'm not going to make you turn around at the gate
There's a light on in this building all night, every night
And I'll keep one on for you, an ocean out of date

Verse 2

You were nine the first time you slept in a house that wasn't ours
And you came home saying you'd found the whole world in a road
Mum thinks you're running. I have never once thought that
I think you're the only one of us who actually packed
Take the good coat. Take the charger. Take the photo off the fridge
And ring me at four in the morning, that's when I'm awake

Chorus

Go on then. Go on, and go well
I'm not going to make you turn around at the gate
There's a light on in this building all night, every night
And I'll keep one on for you, an ocean out of date

Bridge

I'll be at a bedside when the wheels leave the ground
Holding somebody's mother's hand and thinking about ours
That's the trade, Niall, and I made it years ago
You don't have to make the same one. Please don't

Outro

Twenty to seven. Go on
I'll keep one on for you

Make one for someone

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