Headlock

Album: Speak For Yourself (2005)
Charted: 30 82
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  • Distant flickerings, greener scenery
    This weather's bringing it all back again
    Great adventures, faces in condensation
    I'm going outside to take it all in

    You say too late to start
    Got your heart in a headlock
    I don't believe any of it
    You say too late to start
    With your heart in a headlock
    You know you're better than this

    Wear a different pair, do something out of step
    Throw a stranger an unexpected smile
    With big intention, still posted at your station
    Always on about the day it should have flied

    You say too late to start
    Got your heart in a headlock
    I don't believe any of it
    You say too late to start
    With your heart in a headlock
    You know you're better than this
    Afraid to start (how can you lose? How can you lose?)
    Got your heart in a headlock (how can you lose? How can you lose?)
    I don't believe any of it (how can you lose?)
    You say too late to start
    With your heart in a headlock (how can you lose? How can you lose?)
    You know you're better than this (how can you lose?)

    You've been walking, you've been hiding
    And you look half dead half the time
    Monitoring you, like machines do
    You've still got it, I'm just keeping an eye
    You've been walking, you've been hiding
    And you look half dead half the time (don't care)
    Monitoring you, like machines do (will not)
    You've still got it, I'm just keeping an eye (the end)

    You know you're better than this

    Can't make a start
    Got your heart in a headlock
    No, I don't believe any of it
    You say too late to start
    With your heart in a headlock
    You know you're better than this
    Afraid to start (how can you lose? How can you lose?)
    Got your heart in a headlock (how can you lose? How can you lose?)
    I don't believe any of it (how can you lose?)
    You say too late to start
    With your heart in a headlock (how can you lose? How can you lose?)
    You know you're better than this (how can you lose?) Writer/s: Imogen Jennifer Heap
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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