Manchester

[Verse 1]

I wrote me a book

I hid the last page

I didn't even look

I think I locked it in a cage

Wrote a novel

'Cause everybody likes to read a novel

It started with a word

And it started pretty well

About a rare and fragile bird

That I couldn't even spell

On the table

I think I left it on the table

I found the last page in the sky

Cold and sweet, like an apple (The end, the end)

I found you and now the story has its proper end (The end, the end)

[Chorus]

Oh hello, will you be mine?

I haven't felt this alive in a long time

All the streets are warm today, ey

I read the signs

I haven't been this in love in a long time

The sun is up, the sun will stay

All for the new day

[Verse 2]

The very last breath of the hero of our tale

Would leave you only to guess

Did he truly prevail

In the sequel?

I guess I'll have to write a sequel

My favorite part's when I die

In your arms like a movie

It's tragic, but now the story has its proper end

[Chorus]

Oh hello, will you be mine?

I haven't felt this alive in a long time

All the streets are warm and grey, ey

I read the signs

I haven't been this in love in a long time

The sun is up, the sun will stay

All for the new day

[Outro]

Will you be mine? (Will you be mine?)

The days are short and I've wrote me my last rhyme

All the streets are warm today, ey

I read the signs

I haven't been this in love in a long time

It's been a long time