Can't Keep Living Like This - Joanne Shaw Taylor

SMOKING TO THE FILTER

WITH HEAVY HEARTED BREATH

DRAGGING THROUGH MY DAYS

WITH GIN SOAKED STEPS

SHOOTING AT SUVIVAL

BUT AIMING AT SUCCESS

JUST ANOTHER MAGIC MOMENT

I’LL NEVER KNOW I’VE MISSED

AND IT’S NOT THAT I DON’T CARE FOR LIVING

I JUST CAN’T KEEP LIVING LIKE THIS

HANGING ON A WIRE

SUSPENDED BY A THREAT

THAT I’M REACHING FOR AN OUTCOME

THATS WELL AND TRUELY DEAD

DRINKING IN THE MEMORIES

BUT SEEPING OUT REGRETS

WITH MY WHOLE HEART I HIT IT HARD

TO A RECKLESS FINESSE

AND I’VE LOST MORE LOVE

THAN I CARED TO EXPECT

BUT I CAN’T KEEP LIVING LIKE THIS

COUNTING DOWN MY CHANCES

ONE AT A TIME

MY HEART KNOWS ME BETTER

THAN TO SEEK THE REASONS

IN THESE RHYMES

NO-ONES ASKING HOW

NO-ONES ASKING WHY

NO-ONES SAYING FIGHT

NO-ONE EVEN SAID TO TRY

JUST ANOTHER CHANCE I’LL

I’LL BE QUICK TO DISMISS

BUT I CAN’T KEEP LIVING LIKE THIS