Ed Harcourt - Fears of a Father lyrics

You can go and sing your hymns, You can go and say your prayers Find a way to escape You can go and chase your tail, Burn the ship, burn the sail Til your words don't form any shape You can hide yourself in the drink You can teach your mind not to think, Not be frightened to d**h But when you look in the mirror And your eyes become clearer You'll dig yourself outta this mess Dying ain't much over living You'll lose your top billing, So take second place Face all the devils who lower your levels And fix that crooked face Love of my life You have my heart Love of my life You caught us off guard Oh the fears of a father don't scare me I'm ready to love And now that this star's ascending I will stop this pretending And be the best that I can I've always shot from the hip Never bitten my lip It's a trait that you'll soon understand But I've got a good way to spoil Before I shuffle off this coil And feel the air turn thin Oh if I broke any oath fear of losing you both Well I just don't know where to begin Dying ain't much over living You'll lose your top billing So take second place Face all the devils who lower your levels And fix that crooked face Love of my life You have my heart Love of my life You caught us off guard Oh the fears of a father don't scare I'm ready for love You won't find me by the streetlights Or hanging off the rails Climbing up the steeple or on a bed of nails Drowning all my sorrows for the sake of saving face Burning all my bridges Cause I think they'll light my way Oh blood of my blood You have my heart Love of my life You caught us off guard Oh the fears of a father don't scare me I'm ready to love