He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Carry you in my breath
I'm going nowhere
Waiting for the future to begin
Every single step is just another reason
To forget who I've become
Carry you with all my regret
How can you change your mind
After all the dreams that we once shared?
When will I disappear into the day's design?
Ever being, always seeing, never dying
Wrapped around a rain cloud that passes the sky
Just moving on
Carry me in your breath
I've never needed anything but love, broken love
Carry me with all your promise
How can I turn away
After all the things that we once shared?
Never wanted to throw it away
Pretending that you were never my friend
I can no longer stumble around
Reaching for a dream that could have been
When will we disappear into the days design?
Ever being, always seeing, never dying
Wrapped around a rain cloud that passes the sky
Just moving on
I'm going nowhere
Waiting for the future to begin
Every single step is just another reason
To forget who I've become
Carry you with all my regret
How can you change your mind
After all the dreams that we once shared?
When will I disappear into the day's design?
Ever being, always seeing, never dying
Wrapped around a rain cloud that passes the sky
Just moving on
Carry me in your breath
I've never needed anything but love, broken love
Carry me with all your promise
How can I turn away
After all the things that we once shared?
Never wanted to throw it away
Pretending that you were never my friend
I can no longer stumble around
Reaching for a dream that could have been
When will we disappear into the days design?
Ever being, always seeing, never dying
Wrapped around a rain cloud that passes the sky
Just moving on
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