Neglected Space

[Verse 1]
Hello
I watch you come and go
I know you can hear my voice
Don't walk away

[Verse 2]
Come daydream with me
In closed loops and future-proof
Cardboard to caviar
Let’s show them how good we are

[Refrain 1]
If you look after me, I’ll look after you

[Verse 3]
Sonar, night vision
Or desperate lovers seeking privacy for they're forbidden
I am their defenceless host
Through my open wounds they let themselves in
Sheltered... sheltered...
They mock me... they mock me...

[Refrain 2]
If you stand up for me, I’ll stand up for you

[Verse 4]
I’m weather-beaten in a losing battle
Punctured by nature
Becoming organic
The air in here ages me ungracefully

[Refrain 3]
But if you take care of me, I’ll take care of you

[Refrain 4]
Oh, my crumbling heart!
If you’ll be good to me, I’ll be good to you

[Verse 5]
I’m a nest
I could be the best decision you ever made
A beacon, your peaceful corner
Find me, cherish me
Take me on or pull me down
You choose

[Refrain 5]
Wait!
Oh, save me the ache of slow-decay!
Cause I will remember you, will you remember me?

[Verse 6]
Bespoke to broken, this interwoven tapestry of tragedy
Crooked frames and cracked glazing
Slithers of wistful window gazes glint in borrowed light

[Verse 7]
Where doorways with no door stage a ballet of leaves
Who pirouette in the footsteps of once glorious days...

[Verse 8]
But I'm peeling paint, I’m a sunken ceiling
I’m cracking up, and can seem threatening

[Verse 9]
I’m falling apart
I’m scary at night
I'm taped up, forbidden
Keep out... keep-out!
No, no, no-go-zone

[Build-Up]
A has-been, a once was, the leftovers, an eyesore
Broken beer bottles, I'm bleeding, rusty nails
Oxidising, a few remaining tiles
Unloved, no human touch, I'm walked past, I'm a waste of space
I'm a nuisance, a hazard, abandoned, unwanted
Unwanted!
Lights off!
I’m losing grip
This is not what I stand for
This is not what I stand for
This is not what I stand for!

[Interlude]
It was a perfectly good grand piano

[Breakdown]
Stop in the name of love!
I’ve got just what you’re looking for!
I’ve got tree-lined interiors
Where we can dine with the biosphere

[Refrain 6]
If you’ll take care of me, I’ll take care of you
If you be good to me, then I’ll be good to you

[Verse 10]
I’m a story in mourning, and you’re the author
So pour out your masterpiece

[Outro]
Entropy increasing, how long before I’m dust?
Can we discuss?