Sick Day Lyrics

Been singing in the abstract

Living in the concrete

It's the latter that breaks

Your face, when you fall

Somewhere in between

What remains

And circling the drain

Between holding with knuckles white

And failing to grasp it tight

I keep telling myself

This'll be the year

Stop singing songs no one will hear

It rings false as it leaves my lips

And it's too late, the artwork's off to print

With that off my chest

Even then I couldn't have guessed

The twists and turns in the course

We'd be driving toward

My God you tried to warn

Us before

It would cost more than we could afford

Dropped on this track we didn't want to be on

I can't lie and say

I'm not afraid of what's beyond

How much hope have you got

An inexhaustible supply

'Cos I'm on the other side

Of this dream and I am running dry

When it comes, don't be afraid

When you finally fall on your face

When you bend and your back breaks

Lay your burdens down

And pray the new day won't bring fresh hell