Whoops - Kate Tempest, Kae Tempest

Well, who’s this?

Staggerin' home, jabberin'

Lookin' like some street smart arrogant gnome

Feet stickin' to the kerb like javelins, thrown

Gesturing wildly, having full blown conversations with himself

Saying, «Haven't you grown?» to his face in the windows, grimacing

Grappling with half a cigarette, not managin'

This is Pete

Pete grew up on this street

He moved away, but he’s back livin' at his dad’s so he can save

He rigs stages at live events, but every time he gets paid

He gets wasted and wakes up with less than he made

Then he hates it, but that’s life, right?

Fast paced, shit faced, low maintenance

And all of his mates are kind of on the same page

It’s basic wages takes ages to get through the month

But then payday comes and it’s drink all 'round

Outrageous behaviour, livin' right now, no sense a' later

Pills by the pocketful, nights last days, and look

Even if he never splashed out, he still couldn’t make the rent on his own place

Face it

It’s 04:18

Pete’s 14 doors from home and his thoughts are like a pack of starving dogs

Fighting over the last bone

No, no, no, no, no, no, yeah!

No, anyway, what was I sayin'?

Fuck it, wait, hold on, I’m comin' up, wait

Good night, weren’t it? Must’ve been

Burnt too much on the good stuff, lucky me

I looked up, I saw my future unravel in the lights

Funny, innit? I love that sinking feeling, any minute

But you can’t win the race unless you’re runnin' in it, right?

Or you can’t get a taste unless you’re takin' a bite

Man, I’m climbin' up the walls, things are gettin' difficult

It’s all take, take, take, and start early, work late

Puttin' in the hours for these drugs, tokens

Love’s a joke when your blood’s pulsin'

Love is real when you start chokin'

I’m double jumpin' in the vast ocean

State of me, mate, blatantly the way I was made, y’see?

I’ve been gettin' on it since back in the day

Good place for a bad time, if you ask me

Trust me, nothin' gets past me

A bad place for a good time, if you know what I mean

Never met no one like you, this feels like a dream

Whoops! Back here again

How many times 'ave I sworn it’s the end?

Whoops! I know this feelin'

Shovelin' the rubbish, then I’m starin' at the ceilin'

Whoops! Dancin' to a shit tune

Hands in the air when it hits you

Whoops! I’m lyin' in my bed

And my brain is eating my head

I got these demons that I can’t shake

My past is a vast place, you can’t get away

Life got grim back then, like it does

Do you know how it feels to lose people you love?

I like talkin' to ya like this, do you wanna come back?

Couple drinks, somethin' like that

I got a gram on my nightstand

I got an eighth of squidgy black

I got this feelin' that we’re gonna be friends

I got this song, I wanna play it to you

I got this dream, I’m gonna make it happen

I got this thing, I wanna say it to you

See, I’ve been writin' poems, it’s a thing that I do

And, would you mind if I shared one with you?

No, course not, right, sorry, this time a' night

I always end up spoutin' the same old tripe

It reminds me of this time I was tryna find my mind

In the back of this rave, this kid was spillin' blood all over the place

And I was lookin' out for someone to save or be saved by

And I found this paper plate, started writin'

It felt fuckin' great

I knew then, me an' the pen, we were one and the same

But, look, I can’t take the strain of the days

I’m pretty sure I’m halfway to insane

You got such a nice face, and your eyes are like rain

I’d try and kiss you if I could just remember your name

Whoops! Back here then s’ppose

Don’t watch the state of my nose

Whoops! My jaw’s gone west

And I’ve started gettin' pains in my chest (Is that normal?)

Whoops! There goes my promise

All it took was two drinks, and I got on it

Whoops! I swear this person isn’t me

We did have fun, though, didn’t we?

Didn’t we? Yeah