Hang Fire

(Verse 1: Kerr)

A thousand empty promises, never treating you honestly

I feel my reflection, just made me practice some modesty

Up for long nights I stay for the short gain

We break up - make up, wake up, playing the same game

I taste like a rotten apple, you planted a bad seed

You tell me that I’m an animal running a stampede

And you know, and you know

And you know, and you know

Frantic, open palms, scratch at the wrong itch

You’re a banquet for a lover but scream at the wrong pitch

I know your twisted remedy, taste, touch, like ecstasy

Fiend for you chemically, clashing with your energy

(Chorus: John)

Hang Fire, all believe me

Guard up, not completely

While no one else can see me

I will see myself out

(Verse 2: Kerr)

Falling, falling, deeper and deeper, just to save some face

Dealing with people I don’t know, or need up in my space

Why did we come here?

We don’t mix with the same crowd

Oh you came for the spotlight

So I fade in the background

Become that actress every Friday, practice lines and don’t sleep

On Sunday you feel the comedown, on Monday we don’t speak

Chasing shadows every weekend, you party with no control

I feel you kick off just to see me defending an open goal

But I hang fire and stand down, on the cusp of something bleaker

Your appetite for vanity destroyed my favourite feature

You know, and you know

And you know, and you know

(Chorus: John)

Hang Fire, all believe me

Guard up, not completely

While no one else can see me

I will see myself out

(Middle: John)

Cause you do it to yourself, and you came here on your own – and you know and you know

(Middle: Kerr)

I know your twisted remedy, taste, touch, like ecstasy

Fiend for you chemically, clashing with your energy

(Chorus: John)

Hang Fire, all believe me

Guard up, not completely

While no one else can see me

I will see myself out