wonderful life

Tom Odell

The little boy at the airport waving his father goodbye
The lover in the bedroom saying, I m sorry I lied.
The small plastic window fills with iridescent light
The devil and an angel in their eternal fight

What a wonderful life
What a wonderful life
What a wonderful life
What a wonderful life

The spider in the kitchen trying to stay out of the cold
The pale girl in the bathroom
Wearing her grandmother s gold
The church bells are ringing, somebody must have died
The eyes of the animal, frozen in the headlights

They re saying, oh, what a wonderful life
What a wonderful life
What a wonderful life
What a wonderful life

The skinhead in the handcuffs blowing his mother a kiss
The student at the protest wiping the blood off her lips
The fireworks exploding, the clock strikes midnight
And I m sat here watching gripping the wheel so tight

What a wonderful life
What a wonderful life
What a wonderful life
What a wonderful life, oh

And St. Peter s calling
And St. Peter s calling
And St. Peter s calling
And I don t wanna die
Die
No, I don t wanna die