The Age Of Anxiety

Album: Taller (2019)
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  • I just wanna live inside sometimes
    Don't wanna have to beg you to subscribe
    Are you a man before your father dies?
    "But what's a man these days?" I hear you cry
    And are we raising up our children right?
    Is my career gonna reignite?
    See all the virtue signalers tonight
    I want that bandwagon to pass me by

    Well, I've been scratching around in the dirt
    Looking for meaning in the cold, cold earth
    To gather in what's left of your self-worth
    'Cause only love is what survives of us

    'Cause I hold on to you
    And you hold on to me
    A tiny victory in the age of anxiety

    Do those kids know that I was somebody?
    And I've kept all my texts from Amy
    My mother was one of those bodies
    Another stranger off the ferry

    Don't wanna put my hands up in the air
    And raise my phone up like I just don't care
    At our age, blow me down the White House stairs
    Oh, did I waste my time on all that prayer?
    No, I won't be your apparatchik
    And be the kind who's blind to all its magic
    So here comes your European exit
    With asylum seekers in your attic

    So I hold on to you
    And you hold on to me
    A tiny victory in the age of anxiety

    Today, I do not feel like being strong
    I don't wanna admit to the world, I'm wrong
    Don't make me feel that I have to belong
    I hope the band won't make me sing along

    'Cause I hold on to you
    And you hold on to me
    A tiny victory in the age of anxiety
    A shining victory in the age of anxiety

    I hope the band won't make me sing along
    I hope the band won't make me sing along
    (Ah, ah, ah) ah, mmm
    The age of anxiety
    I hope the band (ah, ah)
    I hope the band (ah, ah)
    I hope the band (ah, ah)
    I hope the band (ah, ah)

    I hope the band won't make me
    Whoa, whoa
    I hope the band won't make me
    Whoa, whoa
    I hope the band won't make me
    Whoa, whoa
    I hope the band won't make me
    Whoa, whoa (love survives of us)
    Whoa, whoa (love survives of us)
    Whoa, whoa (only love survives of us)
    (Whoa, only love survives of us) Writer/s: Jamie Cullum
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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