Sterling’s finest

[Intro]
Can I nick a riz’ and fiz’ mate?
'Bout to jump on the train
To the city where it’s busy, I can engage
In the pretty ugly love that I have for this place
In the pretty ugly love that I have for this place
Yet I’ve heard that time don’t wait for no man

Remember you’re alone
Third person versions of a romance
They’re knackered as the day is young
As the day is done
So would you pass the lighter, my man

[Verse 1]
He keeps a pouch
Inside that left breast pocket, now
Beside his heart
Sparked an interest since she came about
He keeps a pouch
30 grams of Sterling's finest, now

[Pre-Chorus]
A bit ironic
Lost his logic
Writing sonnets for you

[Hook]
But he knows
He’s happy to wait forever
So he smokes
Just so he don’t wait forever

He knows
He’s happy to
Wait forever
So he smokes
Just so he don’t wait forever

[Verse 2]
If I could pose a question
I’d ask how long is forever?
I'm cycling 'round the answer
'Cause this bastard's still a fella
These stories need a teller
How useful is film if it ain’t developed?
How peaceful is life If it’s Armageddon?
I said my minds just Armageddon

[Verse 3]
Easy tiger
Don’t even try and fight it
‘Cause you know that times the decider
And you know I’m on your side
So listen

[Verse 4]
Z, why would I listen to you?
Fuck's sake, you've lied standing next to the truth
It ain’t the right time
My watch says 3:32
Not quarter past nine
And you know that it ain’t the right time

[Segue]
It ain’t the right time

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 5]
Bathing in a sea of self pity
Shit, I don’t see a soul to blame
Every Sleepless night up in the city
Shit, I don’t see a soul to blame
I ain’t got the time to be specific
Nah, I ain’t got the time today
Just Tell me who that person in the mirror is
And I won’t try to lie again

[Bridge]
Yeah, I just wanna hold you
Wanna hold you, wanna hold you
Wanna hold you so tight today
Yeah, I just wanna tell you
Wanna tell you, wanna tell you
Wanna tell you it’s alright
But I don’t wanna lie

[Refrain]
No I don’t wanna lie
Lie, lie
No I don’t wanna lie
Lie, lie
To Tell you it’s alright
Right, right
‘Cause Then I’d have to lie
And I don’t wanna lie

[Verse 6]
And now I’ve found myself sitting by the river
Not too far from Bank Station
Got an ache up in my liver
Avoiding thoughts of simulations
Plastic stabbing music full-belt in my ears
But I can’t hear it
I watch the water flow
And drown these speculations

[Outro]
Maybe it’s time to go home now
Maybe it time you go home now
Maybe it’s time to go home now
Maybe it’s time we went home now
Maybe it’s time to go home now
Maybe it time you go home now
Maybe it’s time to go home now