Only Gotta Start

I shouldn't be still playing this stupid bar Banging out Mr. Brightside again on this guitar Getting cynical and jaded Like an old jazz head at Smalls getting faded It shouldn't be this hard to leave her The heartbreak and Covid quite the partners Doubled over wondering why I deserve this Is this really how the story ends So I asked Mama, said Why are my soul and my body playing war in my head Angel and the devil making love in my bed How do I stop every way out from turning instead for the worse She said you only gotta start Only gotta start Let go of the dark Let go of the dark You only gotta start Only gotta start Have a change of heart Have a change of heart I shouldn't be still tossing and turning Where's the power down button for my thinking Only being honest here in writing I'll deny it if you ask me in person I shouldn't be cutting off my old friends But not making real attempts at new ones Am I just a stray boat in the ocean No direction just floating So I asked mama said Why are my soul and my body playing war in my head Angel and the devil making love in my bed How do I stop every way out from turning instead for the worse She said you only gotta start Only gotta start Let go of the dark Let go of the dark You only gotta start Only gotta start Have a change of heart Have a change of heart Now there's a knot you can tie at the end of your rope There's a climb you can take at the end of your slope Move on Move on I shouldn't be still playing this stupid bar Banging out Mr. Brightside again on this guitar But if it's all that I amount to How will I find a way to pull through Well I only gotta start