Embrace

[Verse 1: White Lies]

When the daylight weighs a tonne

And all my friends are gone

There's rust around the things I'd loved

When it's fraying at the seams

Of reality and dreams

All those dreams are quiet and dull

[Pre-Chorus: White Lies]

This town's alright

But it's not enough

I'm looking for a quick exit

Like a prisoner on the run

This town's alright

But it's not enough

I'm looking for a quick exit

Like a prisoner on the run

[Chorus: White Lies]

Big time breakdown

Look how the stars come out

Big time breakdown

Why didn't you just shout?

I'm lonely

Without looking for a place to go

Where everything's an embrace

And everybody wants to know

[Verse 2: White Lies]

I'm your absent Valentine

And the pigtails in the bride

I'm the steel that carves the toes in your bathtub

I'm the lynch mob in the dark

I'm the silk worm in your heart

Spinning out my perfect circles

[Pre-Chorus]

This town's alright

But it's not enough

I'm looking for a quick exit

Like a prisoner on the run

This town's alright

But it's not enough

I'm looking for a quick exit

Like a prisoner on the run

[Chorus]

Big time breakdown

Look how the stars come out

Big time breakdown

Why didn't you just shout?

I'm lonely

Without looking for a place to go

Where everything's an embrace

And everybody wants to know

[Bridge: White Lies]

Calm on the water

Fetch your brother, fetch your daughter

Come, come undone

Fetch your sister, fetch your son

[Pre-Chorus + Bridge (simultaneous)]

This town's alright (Calm on the water)

But it's not enough (Fetch your brother, fetch your daughter)

I'm looking for a quick exit (Come, come undone)

Like a prisoner on the run (Fetch your sister, fetch your son)

This town's alright (Calm on the water)

But it's not enough (Fetch your brother, fetch your daughter)

I'm looking for a quick exit (Come, come undone)

Like a prisoner on the run (Fetch your sister, fetch your son)

[Chorus]

Big time breakdown

Look how the stars come out

Big time breakdown

Why didn't you just shout?

I'm lonely

Without looking for a place to go

Where everything's an embrace

And everybody wants to know

[Outro: White Lies]

I'm lonely

Without looking for a place to go

Where everything's an embrace

And everybody wants to know