A Thousand Lives

Yeah

A thousand lives livin'

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I grew up by the Great Western Highway, on the train line

I used to count the carriages of coal trains

Before I knew of Cannonball and Coltrane

I was playin' ball games

I'd go to sleep on Friday night, prayin' that it wouldn't rain

Dad built a B-ball hoop, then flew the coop

And us kids fought like troops and mom was the truth

I can't believe I threw my sister through the front door

I learned my lesson well before the triple-O called

And on the tape-deck, my brother had control

Gettin schooled by him proper in the cold

Wenty falls, flannelette and skateboard, foggy wet weekends

Funny how a four-liter cask makes you see friends

Parties at the park and drunk, taggin' state rail

Smoke through empty cans of coke when all else failed

Wilin' out on muck up day, turned it into muck up night

'Cause school didn't seem to care if we were fuck ups, right?

We were blowin' off steam, still not even eighteen

Floatin' somewhere down stream with a vague dream

If I could change an hour, maybe I'd move a minute

However many lives I've had, I'm only just beginning

I learnt a few things along the way

Try to keep 'em front and center with me every day

All the rest can and will fall away

Hold tight who you love and let the rest fall away

Let the rest fall away

Don't look back, hopin' for the same

'Cause from where I've come, I've changed

I don't know how to explain the hundred lives I've lived

And the thousand more I've craved

Yeah

Change with me

In my happy, younger days, I was a blank page in an empty book

I recall that naive innocence of childhood

Never really was wild, more a quiet one

Grew into a shy teen that didn't seem to smile much

Took off to South America at seventeen

Became a sudaco punk in skinny jeans

There, I learned what passion, love, and friendship really means

Came home to a cold, cold world that I couldn't really feel

I was not the same, disappeared into a purple haze

Of weed smoke and drum and bass, couldn't seem to find my place

Then I did at Uni, fightin' for causes

We reclaimed the streets and taunted police forces

Had my heart broken so bad, it left my head swimmin'

Proceeded to take it out on a few good women

Lived life fast and reckless, tryna outrun the sorrow

Like there was no tomorrow, but inside, so hollow

Then the mic came and saved me

Center stage became a place to vent my rage

Cyphered any time and went for days

Staved of cynicism with wit and rhythm

A hundred lives and counting, a hundred to be written

A hundred lives and counting, and a hundred to be written

I learnt a few things along the way

Try to keep 'em front and center with me every day

All the rest can and will fall away

Hold tight who you love and let the rest fall away

Let the rest fall away, ay

Don't look back, hopin' for the same

'Cause from where I've come, I've changed

I don't know how to explain the hundred lives I've lived

And the thousand more I've craved

Change with me

And we all said forever

And we all then drift apart

And I'm ready if this won't last

'Cause I'm rollin', not tied to the blocks

Don't look back, hopin' for the same

'Cause from where I've come, I've changed

How to explain the hundred lives I've lived

And the thousand more I've craved

A hundred thousand counting, counting

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Don't look back, hopin' for the same

'Cause from where I've come, I've changed

How to explain the hundred lives I've lived

And the thousand more I've craved

Change with me