the invisibles

Suede

The world waits for you when
And the dawn breaks for you when
And the media will watch
And she will change her mind

I tried to win for you when
I shed my skin for you when
I loved you like my own
I fed you like a child

Stay in bed and feed the day
With my imagination, honey
Falling through the cracks in people s kindness
And the world won t step aside

I tried to make you want me
I left my home at seventeen
But everywhere I looked I saw
Another me

And we are the invisibles
Plain and lonely
It s funny how it s always out of reach

I hear the wood pigeons and
I call my father in and
He sits and hears me sing
But never wonders why

Why do I call out in the night
He found the photos set alight
Everything about her
Makes me want to smile

I ll stay in bed and feed the day
With my polite conversation, father
Papering the cracks in others silence
But I still won t step aside

I tried to make her want me
I tried to play her politics
But every step I took
I had to swallow this

That we are the invisibles
Strange and lonely
It s funny how it s always out of reach
It s funny how it s always out of reach
It s funny how we re always out of reach