I Don't Recognise You Lyrics

6 a.m squeezing in

The rat race starts on the underground

I could let it slip, say how I feel

And every head would stay down

But seats away in a world of pain

A young girl's life started crumbling

He seems okay, in the world away

Against the noise, mouthing something

Between the stops, I piece to plot

He's pleading, I'll fix the problem

But she pushed him away

She said,

I'm sorry I don't recognise you

You're not the man I met

There's no one behind your eyes

Abandon ship when I'm stressed

I never used to go to the voicemail

When I called to ask for help

If there's a way to recognise you

I'd do anything

I'd do anything

A birthday badge on his chest

A single mother kissed him on the head

I'll drink to him, but to my left

There's a man in his thirties falling over chairs

As the barmaid helped him up

He deflated when

He caught his eye

And couldn't hide, that stone-cold man

started crumbling.

His big mistake had grown an age

His only son might despise him

Eighteen years missed, the birthday gift

Was their first conversation.

His father offered his hand

He said,

I'm sorry I don't recognise you

You're not the boy I left

I don't expect your forgiveness

I was selfish, young, and scared

But you're everything and more than I imagined

Cause you're nothing like myself

If there's a way to recognise you

I'd do anything

There's a street in northwest London,

Every window shimmers gold

On the surface a perfect garden

But no one knows

Behind the door is a great betrayal,

A fire burns but the rooms are cold,

What he loved is now for sale

But no one knows

But I used to know him,

Haven't seen him for a while

And the used to be green eyes

Don't look right with a smile

We used to be best friends,

Me in the mirror,

Until my reflection became someone different.

Now when I look in the mirror

I don't recognise him lately

But I can tell he's given up

Made himself an outcast

Days go on,

isn't feeling much

Fell into the wayside somehow,

Is he ever getting up.

If there's a way to recognise him,

If there's a way to recognise me

I'd do anything