Northern Blood

At risk of losing interest
And so hungover on feeling blessed
That lately, I haven't felt blessed at all

Rearrange the truth and the consequence
And believe what was will be again
But nothing changes, not the price we paid
Or the loss we made on it all

A one-way fight to be understood
For the spite that swims in your northern blood
Please help me navigate through it all

A forward fall in the guise of faith
I'm a youth misspent, I'm a year misplaced
God save me from the weight of my error
And the trouble that followed it all

'Be brave, love' you said, and I went quiet and cold
'Be brave, love' you said, and I went quiet and cold

An empty house full of empty words
Spill out like guts and lessons learned
As rainswept Salford disappears
And fades like smoke in the atmosphere

Pour salt on all your open sores
The truth but wrapped in metaphors
And worry what the future means
With hope and all things in between

'Be brave, love' you said, and I went quiet and cold
'Be brave, love' you said, and I went quiet and cold