Half Life

I knew that I'd get like this again

That's why I try to keep at bay

Be a hundred percent when I'm with you and then

The perfect heart's length away

The sticker is you've played not one beat wrong

You never promised me anything

Even sat me down, warned me just how they fall

I knew the odds were I'd never win

Yet, here I am

It's a half life

With you as my quarterback

A daft life

My self-worth measured in text back tempo

It's been two days and eight minutes too slow

Well, there may well be others, but I still like to pretend

That I'm the one you really want to grow old with

I've got a schedule to stick to, got a world to keep sweet

You're so much to everyone all the time

Will you ever slow down? Will I ever come first?

The universe contracts to sigh

It's a half life

With you as my quarterback

A daft life

It's a half life

With you as my quarterback

A daft life

Hold me

Hold me

Hold me

Darling, please

You know you'll never be lonely, know you'll always be loved

And maybe you never need more than that

But for the surplus that loves, what's to become of us?

Does it even register on your conscience?

Long for one last showdown from a box in a crowd

Air compressed tight to explode

I'm clenching my ticket to the only way out

As you disappear in a puff of smoke

It's a half life

With you as my quarterback

A daft life