Routine

Album: Hand. Cannot. Erase. (2015)
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  • What do I do
    With all the children's clothes?
    Such tiny things
    That still smell of them
    And the footprints
    In the hallway
    Onto my knees
    Scrub them away

    And how to be of use?
    Make the tea and the soup
    All of their favorites
    Throw them away
    And all their schoolbooks
    And the running shoes
    Washing and cleaning
    The dirty still sink

    Routine keeps me in line
    Helps me pass the time
    Concentrate my mind
    Helps me to sleep

    And keep making beds
    And keep the cat fed
    Open the windows
    Let the air in
    And keep the house clean
    And keep the routine
    Paintings they make
    Still stuck to the fridge

    Ladadada
    Ladada
    Dadadada
    Laladalala
    Ladadada
    Ladada
    Dadadada
    Laradala

    Mother I am far from you
    Left behind a dream of my youth
    All these years now gone

    Keep cleaning
    Keep ironing
    Cooking their meals
    On the stainless steel hop
    Keep washing
    Keep scrubbing
    Long until the dark comes
    To bruise the sky
    Deep in the debt to night

    Routine keeps me in line
    Helps me pass the time

    Helps me to sleep

    Routine keeps me in line
    Helps me pass the time
    Ah-ah, ah-ah
    Helps me to sleep

    Ah

    The most beautiful morning
    Forever
    Like the ones from far off
    Far off away
    With the hum of the bees
    In the jasmine sway
    Don't ever let go
    Try to let go
    Don't ever let go
    Try to let go
    Don't ever Writer/s: Steven John Wilson
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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