So you never knew love until you crossed the line of grace
And you never
felt wanted till you'd someone slap your face
So you never felt alive until
you'd almost wasted away
You had to win - you couldn't just pass
The smartest ass at the top of
the class
Your flying colours - your family tree
And all your lessons in
history
Please, please, please
Get up off your knees
Please, please, please,
please
So you never knew how low you'd stoop to make that call
And you never
knew what was on the ground till they made you crawl
So you never knew that
the heaven you keep you stole
Your Catholic blues - your convent shoes
Your stick-on tattoos - now
they're making the news
Your holy war - your northern star
Your sermon
on the mount from the boot of your car
Please, please, please
Get up off your knees
Please, please, please
Leave me out of this, please
So love is hard and love is tough
But love is not what you're thinking of
September - streets capsizing
Spilling over, down the drain
Shards of
glass - splinters like rain
But you could only feel your own pain
October - talk getting nowhere
November, December - remember
We just
started again
Please, please, please
Get up off your knees
Please, please, please,
please
So love is big, is bigger than us
But love is not what you're thinking of
It's what lovers deal - it's what lovers steal
You know I found it hard
to receive
'Cause you, my love, I could never believe
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