stay loose

Belle & Sebastian

I was choking on a cornflake
You said ââ?¬Å?Have some toast insteadââ?¬
I was sleeping maybe three hours
You said ââ?¬Å?You should get to bedââ?¬
I was waiting at the church door
For the minister to show
I was looking at the new year
You said ââ?¬Å?Walk before you crawlââ?¬

I was feeling like a loser
You said ââ?¬Å?Hey, youââ?¬â?¢ve still got meââ?¬
I was feeling pretty lonely
You said ââ?¬Å?You wanted to be freeââ?¬
I was looking for a good time
You said ââ?¬Å?Let the good times startââ?¬
With a quiver of your eyelid
You took on someone elseââ?¬â?¢s part

Maybe Iââ?¬â?¢m a little greedy
You said ââ?¬Å?Think before you speakââ?¬
Sometimes Iââ?¬â?¢m a little seedy
You said ââ?¬Å?Everyone is weakââ?¬
Now I feel a little better
Is there something I can do?
But I never heard the answer
I never had a clue

But what about me
I donââ?¬â?¢t really see
How things will improve
If all you want is to stay loose

Thereââ?¬â?¢s a little echo calling
Like a miner trapped inside
If I tell her of this moment
She will in me doubts confide
And sheââ?¬â?¢s on me like a blanket
Like a stalk of wilting grass
Iââ?¬â?¢m not sure about her motives
Iââ?¬â?¢m not sure about her past

But my faith is like a bullet
My belief is like a bolt
The only thing that lets me sleep at night
A little carriage of the soul
If it starts a little bleaker
Then the year may yet be gold
Happiness is not for keeping
Happiness is not my goal

But what about me
I donââ?¬â?¢t really see
How things will improve
If all you want is to stay loose
But what about them
You play mother hen
To a gaggle of gangling youth
All you want is to stay loose

I was living through the seconds
My composure was a mess
I was miles from tenderness
It was dark outside, the day it was lying in pieces
Everything is flat and dreary
I couldnââ?¬â?¢t care whatââ?¬â?¢s in the news
Television is the blues
Television is hysterical laughter of people

And I know it could be me
Iââ?¬â?¢m always asking for more
I keep running round in circles
I keep looking for a doorway
Iââ?¬â?¢m going to need two lives
To follow the paths Iââ?¬â?¢ve been taking.