Whoops - Kate Tempest.mp3

[00:02.14]Well, who's this?
[00:04.19]Staggerin' home, jabberin'
[00:05.80]Lookin' like some street smart arrogant gnome
[00:09.48]Feet stickin' to the kerb like javelins, thrown
[00:11.97]Gesturing wildly, having full blown conversations with himself
[00:16.11]Saying, "Haven't you grown?" to his face in the windows, grimacing
[00:19.45]Grappling with half a cigarette, not managin'
[00:22.12]This is Pete
[00:23.93]Pete grew up on this street
[00:25.38]He moved away, but he's back livin' at his dad's so he can save
[00:27.80]He rigs stages at live events, but every time he gets payed
[00:30.46]He gets wasted and wakes up with less than he made
[00:33.57]Then he hates it, but that's life, right?
[00:35.52]Fast paced, **** faced, low maintenanc
[00:37.60]And all of his mates are kind of on the same page
[00:39.91]It's basic wages takes ages to get through the month
[00:42.20]But then payday comes and it's drink all 'round
[00:44.19]Outrageous behaviour, livin' right now, no sense a' later
[00:47.38]Pills by the pocketful, nights last days, and look
[00:50.79]Even if he never splashed out, he still couldn't make the rent on his own place
[00:54.74]Face it
[00:55.49]It's 04:18
[00:58.23]Pete's 14 doors from home and his thoughts are like a pack of starving dogs
[01:03.37]Fighting over the last bone
[01:13.76]No, no, no, no, no, no, yeah!
[01:15.55]No, anyway, what was I sayin'?
[01:17.03]**** it, wait, hold on, I'm comin' up, wai
[01:18.73]Good night, weren't it? Must've been
[01:20.87]Burnt too much on the good stuff, lucky me
[01:22.92]I looked up, I saw my future unravel in the lights
[01:25.05]Funny, innit? I love that sinking feeling, any minute
[01:27.29]But you can't win the race unless you're runnin' in it, right?
[01:29.25]Or you can't get a taste unless you're takin' a bite
[01:31.40]Man, I'm climbin' up the walls, things are gettin' difficult
[01:33.62]It's all take, take, take, and start early, work late
[01:35.76]Puttin' in the hours for these drugs, tokens
[01:38.20]Love's a joke when your blood's pulsin'
[01:39.73]Love is real when you start chokin'
[01:41.26]I'm double jumpin' in the vast ocean
[01:42.73]State of me, mate, blatantly the way I was made, y'see?
[01:45.72]I've been gettin' on it since back in the day
[01:48.02]Good place for a bad time, if you ask me
[01:50.19]Trust me, nothin' gets past me
[01:52.02]A bad place for a good time, if you know what I mean
[01:54.66]Never met no one like you, this feels like a dream
[01:56.68]Whoops! Back here again
[01:58.59]How many times 'ave I sworn it's the end?
[02:00.60]Whoops! I know this feelin'
[02:02.76]Shovelin' the rubbish, then I'm starin' at the ceilin'
[02:04.89]Whoops! Dancin' to a **** tun
[02:07.28]Hands in the air when it hits you
[02:09.24]Whoops! I'm lyin' in my bed
[02:11.28]And my brain is eating my head
[02:13.90]I got these demons that I can't shake
[02:15.35]My past is a vast place, you can't get away
[02:17.31]Life got grim back then, like it does
[02:19.27]Do you know how it feels to lose people you love?
[02:21.27]I like talkin' to ya like this, do you wanna come back?
[02:23.97]Couple drinks, somethin' like that
[02:25.45]I got a gram on my nightstand
[02:26.53]I got an eighth, a squidgy back
[02:27.90]I got this feelin' that we're gonna be friends
[02:29.30]I got this song, I wanna play it to you
[02:30.74]I got this dream, I'm gonna make it happen
[02:32.31]I got this thing, I wanna say it to you
[02:33.76]See, I've been writin' poems, it's a thing that I do
[02:36.12]And, would you mind if I shared one with you?
[02:37.87]No, course not, right, sorry, this time a' night
[02:40.40]I always end up spoutin' the same old trite
[02:42.25]It reminds me of this time I was tryna find my mind
[02:44.31]In the back of this rave, this kid was spillin' blood all over the place
[02:47.24]And I was lookin' out for someone to save or be saved by
[02:49.58]And I found this paper plate, started writin'
[02:51.29]It felt ****ing grea
[02:52.94]I knew then, me an' the pen, we were one and the same
[02:54.53]But, look, I can't take this train of the days
[02:56.58]I'm pretty sure I'm halfway to insane
[02:57.83]You got such a nice face, and your eyes are like rain
[02:59.97]I'd try and kiss you if I could just remember your name
[03:04.20]Whoops! Back here then s'ppose
[03:05.44]Don't watch the state of my nose
[03:07.84]Whoops! My door's gone west
[03:09.63]And I've started gettin' pains in my chest (Is that normal?)
[03:12.11]Whoops! There goes my promise
[03:13.83]All it took was two drinks, and I got on it
[03:15.83]Whoops! I swear this person isn't me
[03:17.75]We did have fun, though, didn't we?
[03:19.80]Didn't we? Yeah