Is it what you thought it would be?

Is it what you thought it would be?

Does it sate the hunger?

Has it set you free?

Does it make you more than yourself

or just less than someone else?

Shine's worn off

beneath it now 

Same old tarnish anyhow

Same old paths begin to beat

with same old blisters on your feet

Is it what you thought it would be?

Does it sate the hunger?

Has it set you free?

Does it make you more than yourself

or just less than someone else?

Blinding light begins to fade

Racing heart is gently stayed

Things downed out by sacred word

begin to make themselves reheard

Is it what you thought it would be?

Does it sate the hunger?

Has it set you free?

Does it make you more than yourself

or just less than someone else?

Thought you'd found the cipher

Dug up the Rosetta Stone

Turns out it was another bit of rock

Like faith and hope and charity

Like glitters of fool's gold

Two-digit answer only in the book

Is it what you thought it would be?

Does it sate the hunger?

Has it set you free?

Does it make you more than yourself

or just less than someone else?

Scrapbook

Those trains you missed because you turned out late

Those messy nights you got into a state

Those times you failed and blamed it all on fate

..all have led you here

Took a break but didn’t make the cups of tea

The pigheadedness that meant you couldn’t see

Sat in silence, should have said ‘yeah that was me’

...all have led you here because

You can only be here by having been there

Only be here by having been there

The little things you felt you had to hide

That time you knew you’d picked the losing side

The things you wish you’d said before he died

...all have led you here because

You can only be here by having been there

Only be here by having been there

Flick back through the book

Take a lingering look

Don’t adjust the gauge

Because your life, little girl, was an empty page

That has now been written on

You can only be here by having been there

Only be here by having been there

The people that you’ve loved when love’s in vain

When it seems to be all loss and nothing gained

And the understanding you are not to blame

...all have led you here, all have led you here because

You can only be here by having been there

Only be here by having been there

No regrets, no regrets

You can only be here by having been there

Only be here by having been there