the ancient art of always fucking up

Lewis Capaldi

If all mistakes were made in stone
I d build a wall so tall
you d see for miles
And every man and child would come to see
Stand and laugh at me
Like you would not believe
And I can t blame ?em
It s kind of funny when you start
to think about the kind of fool
who breaks his heart as often as the Moon
Shows its face to you
And I regret to say politely
I m the guy who ll more than likely lose like I always do

So tell me are you running scared
Cause you know that I m beyond repair
Oh baby I m a master
of the ancient art of always fucking up
Everything I ve ever loved
Cause I wrote the book
the study of the ancient art of always fucking up

May I have your attention please
Step right up and see the most amazing
The absolutely mind inflaming show
About a boy who sold his soul
For a shot at love and gold
And he almost made it, but lost it on the way
The story goes
Now he s the kind of fool
who breaks his heart as often as the Moon
shows its face to you
And I regret to say politely
I m the guy who ll more than likely lose like I always do

So tell me are you running scared
Cause you know that I m beyond repair
Oh baby I m a master
of the ancient art of always fucking up
Everything I ve ever loved
It falls from me, like autumn leaves
the wake I make it scattered with debris
Of everything that could have been
Cause I wrote the book
the study of the ancient art of always fucking up

And I m plagued by design
Forget all my lines
I ve burned all my blessings more than half the time
Been trapped in my ways
But I m desperate to change
So let me know if you ll stay

So tell me are you running scared
Cause you know that I m beyond repair
Oh baby I m a master
of the ancient art of always fucking up
Everything I ve ever loved
It falls from me, like autumn leaves
the wake I make it scattered with debris
Of everything that could have been
Cause I wrote the book
the study of the ancient art of always fucking up