The Build Up

Went from cities to touch the suburbs

On the highway, but I'm barefoot

I need a map but not the destination

Need a compass but not a conversation

I want to run far from this grey town

You're on every street, marked on the ground

I want momentum but not the pace

Want the prize but not the race

I want the jump but not the height

Let me fall but catch me mid-flight

I swam with sharks and beasts of the sea

Only went down for the company

Went down for the company

I forgot to mention

That you won't come back home when I call

Left no sign, nothing at all

I'm sorry you won't fit inside my heart

I wanted love without the build up

I need the rules but not the regulations

Want the wisdom but not the information

Need the light but not the heat of the day

Need your hands to show me how to pray

I lost the plot underneath the fire

Of all the dots and lines that took me higher

Away from traffic and smiles of tire

I like the nights but not the tangled wires

Need the pulse to feel alive

All the world's just made it seem all quiet

This has all become far too loud

I like you more when you don't make a sound

You won't come back home when I call

You left no sign, nothing at all

I'm sorry you won't fit inside my heart

Won't you come light the way and wash this away

I wanted love without the build up