Roses

I hit the ground running at a quickened pace

I have treated London as a home base

When the stakes

Were higher than I could bear to face them

Didn't see it coming, this formative year

It kept me on my toes till it planted me here

Making it clear

That I've got a ship I need to steer

So I'm starting anew, hung the lights up in my room

And took in the view, one I could get used to

Foot in the door, fully out of my shell

I'm bold to the bone now, and I know it too well

I will be making headway in good time

Coming to love to board the Northern line

Taking in every moment as mine

Taking everything I see as a sign

Finally feeling my way through the dark

Wandering through a glacial, vacant park

At the centre of my heart is the big smoke

In a world yet to run amok

It feels as though it's all coming up roses

Roses, roses, roses

Plans made for a later date have a hold on me

Hence my inattentive state on the 243

I'm coming to see

To idealise is just my way of being

Seems I am relearning how to go with the tide

A weekend trip to Berlin now will broaden my mind

In freeness I find

Parts of me I repressed, hid and left behind

'Cause I've started anew, but is it too good to be true?

It's simply the case of wrong time, perfect place

Foot in the door, I can dog-ear this page

I'm bold to the bone, I'll return to this stage

And keep on making headway in good time

Coming to love to board the Northern line

Taking in every moment as mine

Taking everything I see as a sign

Finally feeling my way through the dark

Wandering through a glacial, vacant park

At the centre of my heart is the big smoke

In a world yet to run amok

Back when it was all coming up roses

Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses, roses

When I started anew, before the plans I had fell through

Farewelled the view that I'd gotten used to

I hit the ground running at a quickened pace

When I treated London as a home base