Passenger

twenty seven years twenty seven years old
the only thing I know
the only thing I get told
I've gotta sell out if I wanna get sold
don't want the devil to be taking my soul, I
write songs that come from the heart
I don't give a fuck if they get in to the chart or not
only way I can be
is to say what I see
and have no shadow hanging over me

I don't know where I'm running but I know how to run
‘cos running's the thing I've always done
I don't know what I'm doing but I know what I've done
I'm a hungry heart I'm a loaded gun

twenty seven years twenty seven years now
only thing I know
I know that I don't know how
to please everybody all of the time
‘cos everybody's always fucking changing their minds
a little bit faded
a little bit jaded
not gonna stop and I won't be persuaded
to write words I can't believe in
to see my face on a video screen

I don't know where I'm running but I know how to run
‘cos running's the thing I've always done
I don't know what I'm doing but i know what I've done
I'm a hungry heart I'm a loaded gun

twenty seven years twenty seven years done
written six hundred songs only twelve get sung
eighty seven thousand cigarettes have passed through these lungs
and every single day I wish I'd never smoked one
a week brushing my teeth and a week getting my haircut
eight years sleeping I'm still tired when I wake up
a whole year eating and I still lost weight fuck
five proper girlfriends and five messy breakups
twenty seven birthdays twenty seven new years
thirty thousand quid just so I could have a few beers
ever dying old hopes
ever growing new fears
don't know where I'm going but I know how I got here

I don't know where I'm running but I know how to run
‘cos running's the thing I've always done
I don't know what I'm doing but I know what I've done
I'm a hungry heart I'm a loaded gun
I don't know where I'm running but I know how to run
‘cos running's the thing I've always done
I don't know what I'm doing but I know what I've done
I'm a hungry heart I'm a loaded gun