Trying to Light a Candle With a Spark

[Verse 1]
Something popped and all the lights went off in our house

And our landlord is dead or something so I guess we just don't get electricity now

And the lighter that we use to find our way to the bathroom is out of gas

Finally get a flame going and a gust of wind comes flying through the gaps in the window an old housemate smashed

[Chorus]
And I'm in my room upstairs trying to light a candle with a spark
Yeah I'm in my room upstairs trying to light a candle with a spark

[Verse 2]
And there's a guy who looks just like me on a missing person's poster Blu-Tak'ed to a Perspex wall

In North Melbourne train station .. digital reconstruction and his weary eyes .. nothing of his weary soul

You and I should be getting the sleeper train to Bejing or sitting in a coffee shop high as hell in Holland

And you're riding a bike over as I jump over the barriers and I'll meet you up on Errol Street and explain the situation of the electricity

[Chorus]
And now we're in my room upstairs trying to light a candle with a spark
Sat alone in my room upstairs trying to light a candle with a spark

[Verse 3]
And I said I think I'm about to fall in love with you

But I also think I am about to be sick - about to be sick

But that has absolutely nothing to do with you

Oh I just get so nervous and then I drink and I drink and I drink too much.

There's a guy who looks just like me on an ad for joining the Army - and he smiles likes he happy [?] hit from the TV

Maybe I'll go join the army so I have something to defend - you lean and kiss my forehead and it's alright again.

[Chorus]
And we are in my room upstairs trying to light a candle with a spark
We are in my room upstairs trying to light a candle with a spark

And I've never met anyone so capable of eradicating the dark

And we're in my room upstairs and I'm convincing you that I'm not about to break your heart