False Hope Lyrics

Lyric discussion by smallwonderrobot 

Cover art for False Hope lyrics by Laura Marling

These are the lyrics as in the liner notes (some minor differences from above, which it won't let me edit):

Is it still OK that I don't know how to be alone? Would it be OK if I just came home tonight? We share an apartment on the upper west side And my worst problem is I don't sleep at night Woman downstairs, she's lost her mind And I don't care how, sure don't care why

Why no? False hope Why no? False hope

A storm hits the city and the lights go out before I can prepare The whole of downtown looks dark like no one lives there We share an apartment on the upper west side And my worst problem is I don't sleep at night Woman downstairs, she's lost her mind And I don't care how, sure don't care why

Why no? False hope Why no? False hope

She'll be alright tomorrow Neither of us are going to sleep tonight So it'll come slow I hear you banging through the wall A dying animal's last call

Is it still OK that I don't know how to be at all? There's a party uptown but I just don't feel like I belong at all Do I? We share an apartment on the upper west side And my worst problem is I don't sleep at night Woman downstairs, she's lost her mind And I don't care how, sure don't care why

Why no? False hope Why no? False hope

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