Roses

[Verse 1]

I hit the ground running at a quickened pace

I have treated London as a home base

When the stakes

Were higher than I could bear to face them

Didn't see it coming, this formative year

It kept me on my toes till it planted me here

Making it clear

That I've got a ship I need to steer

[Pre-Chorus]

So I'm starting anew, hung the lights up in my room

And took in the view, one I could get used to

Foot in the door, fully out of my shell

I'm bold to the bone now, and I know it too well

[Chorus]

I will be making headway in good time

Coming to love to board the Northern line

Taking in every moment as mine

Taking everything I see as a sign

Finally feeling my way through the dark

Wandering through a glacial, vacant park

At the centre of my heart is the big smoke

In a world yet to run amok

It feels as though it's all coming up roses

Roses, roses, roses

[Verse 2]

Plans made for a later date have a hold on me

Hence my inattentive state on the 243

I'm coming to see

To idealise is just my way of being

Seems I am relearning how to go with the tide

A weekend trip to Berlin now will broaden my mind

In freeness I find

Parts of me I repressed, hid and left behind

[Pre-Chorus]

'Cause I've started anew, but is it too good to be true?

It's simply the case of wrong time, perfect place

Foot in the door, I can dog-ear this page

I'm bold to the bone, I'll return to this stage

[Chorus]

And keep on making headway in good time

Coming to love to board the Northern line

Taking in every moment as mine

Taking everything I see as a sign

Finally feeling my way through the dark

Wandering through a glacial, vacant park

At the centre of my heart is the big smoke

In a world yet to run amok

Back when it was all coming up roses

Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses, roses

[Outro]

When I started anew, before the plans I had fell through

Farewelled the view that I'd gotten used to

I hit the ground running at a quickened pace

When I treated London as a home base