When The World Would Actually Listen

[Verse 1]
There's an own goal from the halfway line iIn all of us
A simple dolly catch dropped at mid-on
And whenever expectation gets the best of us
You land centimetre wide from hole in one

[Pre-Chorus 1]
There's a confidence that's dropped and smashed like pottery
Like a simple cross the goalie failed to hold
You can win and you can lose like National Lottery
As the keeper picks the ball out of the goal

[Chorus]
There was a day oncе when the sun, it shone so brightly
And a day thеre seemed a glimmer of real hope
When the compliments came daily, also nightly
When the world would actually listen when you spoke

[Verse 2]
Shoplifter moves slowly behind partition
Full moon moves quite shyly behind the cloud
And the spotlight they've attracted has them wishing
They could slip back unobserved into the crowd

[Pre-Chorus 2]
There's a thick black cloud not far from every one of us
You can either ride or even hide behind
And occasionally that gloom will get on top of us
With a biting wind that just serves to remind

[Chorus]
There was a day once when the sun, it shone so brightly
And a day there seemed a glimmer of real hope
When the compliments came daily, also nightly
When the world would actually listen when you spoke

[Bridge]
There's a bar fire and a cold bath waiting patiently
There's a cliff edge with a light breeze at the top
And the vultures and the pirates of uncertainty
Are waiting for your confidence to drop

[Chorus]
There was a day once when the sun, it shone so brightly
And a day there seemed a glimmer of real hope
When the compliments came daily, also nightly
When the world would actually listen when you spoke