[Verse 1]

I take happy l

ittle moments 

like I'm takin

g heroin

And in between it's fucking boredom

'Til the next comes round again

I call sufferi

ng a memory

And I store it in a chest

So that the next time I feel empty
              
I can give it 

        
some context

Get exposed to every fucked-up thing the world can show to you

I might think that I'm desensitised
              
Then I watch t

   
he news

Turns out people have been dying

And I didn't have a clue

"No fucking perspective" is the phrase that one should use

In a festival 

of atrocities

We muffle all the noise

I can't get no satisfaction
              
I can only be 

  
annoyed

Meanwhile, I make it all about myself
             
What have I do

            
ne to help?

[Chorus]

And the footba

ll players

They're living on the big screen

Now they're st

arting to look

 younger than 

me
     
Do I know why?
          
Do I even know

 why?
         
And the footba

ll players

On a 100k a week at least

At the whims o

f an energy mo

nopoly

Flies by
          
Do I even know

 why?

 [Verse 2]

I just blinked

, and I'm turn

ing 58

And coffee makes me twitchy

And I have to watch my weight
     
Your opinions 

are a graveyar

d of landmines

Stubbornness, immigrants, and red wine
    
And suddenly t

he world's col

lapsing
              
I think that's

              
 a feature of 

   
my youth

I can't imagine life in war zones

Hardly stand the news

Too Western fo

r that shit

And I'm far too young for power

So I'll rot all day in bed
              
I will sit dow

         
n in the showe

r

I'll take my skin and wash it clean of all of its mistakes
            
When you think

              
 of all that y

        
ou have done

Will you do the same?

[Chorus]
         
Now the footba

ll players

They're living on the big screen

And they're st

arting to look

 younger than 

me
     
Do I know why?
          
Do I even know

 why?
        
And the footba

ll players

On a 100k a week at least

At the whims o

f an energy mo

nopoly

Flies by
          
Do I even know

 why?
        
Now the footba

ll players

They're living on the big screen

And they're st

arting to look

 younger than 

me
     
Do I know why?
          
Do I even know

 why?
        
And the footba

ll players

On a 100k a week at least

At the whims o

f an energy mo

nopoly

Flies by
          
Do I even know

 why?