CHORUS
Sometimes I just have to step back and really take a look around,
How insignificant my troubles start to seem.
We obsess over all the little pointless things which can be found,
Wasting our time, losing our sense of sympathy.
VERSE 1
I look back to the past, to the times my doubts would always last,
Thoughts would get the best of me.
Insignificancies, gnawing at my brain like a disease,
How simple all of it seems.
PRE-CHORUS 1
All that I took for granted, I wish are all I'd wanted, but you don’t know until it’s gone.
VERSE 2
Yeah we've all made mistakes, been at the wrong time at the wrong place,
But that doesn’t matter now.
Those who matter to you, should be all that matter that is true,
That’s overlooked anyhow.
PRE-CHORUS 2
All that you hear about fills up your head with doubts, don’t let them be the be/end-all.
BRIDGE
I find it funny what they tell you, convince you of and what they sell you. They don’t give a fuck if it’s wrong.
Take a step back, change your point of view,
Clear your thoughts and see the passage through,
Rocks that blocked your avenue before don’t look so big anymore,
Time is like a feather on the breeze.
Don’t mistake the forest for the trees,
All the riches in the world you’ll find on the outside of your mind.
And in the end that is all that matters to me, that I don't let myself lose my humanity.
credits
from The Long Game/Popes Of Chillitown Split,
released January 13, 2016
Ben Davison - Trombone
Lucas Hui - Drums
Laila Khan - Vocals
Aiden Lamb - Bass/Guitar/Vocals
Harry Whatrup - Trumpet
Written by Aiden Lamb, Paul Barnes and Laila Khan
Engineered/Produced/Mixed by James Simpson at Squarehead Studio
Artists:
- Bandits
- Bitter Grounds
- Codename Colin
- Easydread
- Fidget and
the Twitchers
- Lead Shot Hazard
- The Long Game
- Millie Manders & the Shutup
- Mise En Scene
- The Siknotes...more
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