Glass In The Gutters

[Verse 1]

Cold flat

Cracked mug on the counter

Mum praying that I answer my phone

Blue tape wrapped round half my childhood

Other half stuffed in a ransacked home

Three missed calls from the karma I dodged

Old friends turned names on a file

Still see blood on the back of the bus

But I blink

Turn it all to a smile (yeah)

[Chorus]

Glass in the gutters

Still we run through

Dark days

Dark dreams

But we come through

Heart got holes that the rain leaks into

Still I wear this pain like it's brand new

Glass in the gutters

But we glide

We glide

Dead look staring from the passers-by

If I make it out

Then it's do or die

If I never do

Tell 'em "he did try" (he did try)

[Verse 2]

Old man said "son

That's a dead-end lane"

I was outside

Both feet in the flame

Bare-face jobs

No mask

Just rage

Whole postcode carved into my veins

Half of my blood in the court on remand

Other half bagged

Going straight in a van

I don't trust love

Just the code and the plan

And a prayer that the reaper don't reach for my hand (nah)

[Chorus]

Glass in the gutters

Still we run through

Dark days

Dark dreams

But we come through

Heart got holes that the rain leaks into

Still I wear this pain like it's brand new

Glass in the gutters

But we glide

We glide

Dead look staring from the passers-by

If I make it out

Then it's do or die

If I never do

Tell 'em "he did try"