Married Life

from Young Eyes Burning Bright by Worldview

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He’s the right one
He’s the keeper
If you reassure yourself enough you might believe it
But you’re wistful
In those pictures
Like you’ve made your bed up far too neat for you to sleep in

Can a soul like yours want to stay secure
When your whole life’s theme is curiosity?

You have to meet him in the middle
You chose to live there on the common ground
You have to meet him in the middle
Where married life is a compromise

I’m a live one
But a loner
And when they get to close to me then I get frozen
But you fix things
Like addictions
And if you led me past this we could make a home there

Will a soul like yours never ask for more?
When your whole life’s theme is reading people’s dreams?

I could have met you in the middle
We could’ve settled in a halfway house
I could have met you in the middle
But married life is a tie that binds

We get one life
Only one ride
Yeah as you travel farther down the road you realise
And was that the one?
That ship that’s sailed on?
The memory that’s got to see me out of this life

Now you’re sat online with a tracking eye
Cos you stayed behind where it’s safe and dry

I could have met you in the middle
We should be lovers in the here and now
But you chose to meet him in the middle
Where married life is an alibi
I could have met you in the middle
We should be lovers in the here and now
But you choose to meet him in the middle
Where married life is your alibi

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from Young Eyes Burning Bright, released April 23, 2021

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Worldview UK

Worldview is the alias of Oliver Shaw, an Oxford UK-based songwriter, performer and producer mingling rock, pop, dance and folk with insightful lyrics and an overarching melodic sensibility.

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