Curse

[Intro] I mean, I keep saying this over and over again I don't love this, I don't care about this stuff that much I'm just too damn good at it to walk away Too damn good at it to walk away [Verse 1] I got ten out of ten in a '90s kid quiz, something to be proud of We made a pretty small dent in the biz they call show, never made the Sound Of I don't talk to my friends, they know not to depend, this is a song you can die from Started at home, sweet home, backed-up debt from my phone and a dotted line to sign on [Chorus] And it's a curse, but you can't give up with the last of the punk rockers Please leave a light on Please leave a light on [Verse 2] I need to learn how to limit my public image, I should stop going on about it Everyone's childhood was a little bit shit, Larkin was right about it But I'm an artist, you see, good enough reason for me, run away and join the circus You should read through my tweets, then maybe you will see I just do it for the company [Chorus] And it's a curse, but you can't give up with the last of the punk rockers Please leave a light on Please leave a light on [Bridge] It's hard enough to chase a dream in this slowly dying industry, do you have the heart? Are you brave enough? Do you still believe? Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts [Verse 3] Laughed out the room when Pythagoras said the world wasn't flat And Vincent van Gogh cut his ear off when he learned of this fact Mr. Kafka wrote a play that no one ever went and saw Shakespeare's overrated, Bach is a bore I only heard of Edgar Allan Poe From that Halloween Simpsons episode I've got no BAFTA or Olivier or Golden Globe I've got lots to tell, nothing to show, it's a curse [Chorus] And it's a curse (It's a curse), but you can't give up with the last of the punk rockers Please leave a light on Please leave a light on