3 Years Older

[Verse 1: Steven Wilson]

You cross the schoolyard with your head held down

And walk the streets under the breaking cloud

With a hundred futures cascading out

It's complicated

[Pre-Chorus: Steven Wilson & Nick Beggs, Steven Wilson]

You think of love as just a memory

A fog that smothers you, it's hard to breathe

But when you're on your own, that's when you're free

You're three years older and you'll always be now

[Chorus: Steven Wilson]

I can feel you more than you really know

I will love you more than I'll ever show

[Verse 2: Steven Wilson]

There was a time when someone seemed to care

A tourist in your bed, you left him there

And found a simple life with no one to share

It's not complicated

[Pre-Chorus: Steven Wilson & Nick Beggs, Steven Wilson]

You make a list of all your big regrets

And share with people that you've never met

You slowly move towards the medicine chest

You're three years older and you'll always be now

[Chorus: Steven Wilson, Steven Wilson & Nick Beggs]

I can feel you more than you really know

I will love you more than I'll ever show

You only have to say

And the world will slip away

From you

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge: Steven Wilson & Nick Beggs]

Shame on you for getting older every day

This place is not for you so why do you still stay?

You're standing with the other fuckers in the rain

Life is not some sinecure for you to claim

You have to pay

[Chorus: Steven Wilson & Nick Beggs]

I can feel you more than you really know

I will love you more than I'll ever show

You only have to say

And the world will slip away

From you

[Instrumental Outro]